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Answer for the clue "Question run badly arrives at wrong conclusion ", 12 letters:
non sequitur

Word definitions for non sequitur in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin, literally "it does not follow."

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Non sequitur or sequitur may refer to: Non sequitur (literary device) , an irrelevant, often humorous comment to a preceding topic or statement Non sequitur (logic) , a logical fallacy where a stated conclusion is not supported by its premise and therefore ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It purports to be the end of some orderly progression of thought and effort, yet it constitutes a complete non sequitur . ▪ It was such a non sequitur . ▪ The rabbit was a non sequitur . ▪ This is a non sequitur , since something ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Non sequitur \Non seq"ui*tur\ [L., it does not follow.] (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises