on the wrong track vs ungrounded

on the wrong track

prep
  • using the wrong general approach to a particular task or problem; pursuing something in an unpromising way 

ungrounded

adj
  • Not grounded; without ground or basis, unreal, false. 

  • Not connected to ground potential 

How often have the words on the wrong track and ungrounded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )