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as in misleading
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as in deceived
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza
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Recent Examples of misguided
Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Appearing on The View, Emanuel criticized Biden’s decision to speak publicly about his dropping out of the 2024 presidential election and to push back on concerns about cognitive decline, calling the move unhelpful and misguided.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Cronenworth took off for second, and Ward threw wide and into center field on a misguided attempt to get him.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Meta’s strong quarter quelled concerns that its aggressive AI spending is misguided.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
Landing Wirtz would be a major coup and provide confidence that City are building another era of success, but the mindset that only somebody of his stature should be considered for De Bruyne’s replacement is a little misguided.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Appearing on The View, Emanuel criticized Biden’s decision to speak publicly about his dropping out of the 2024 presidential election and to push back on concerns about cognitive decline, calling the move unhelpful and misguided.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Cronenworth took off for second, and Ward threw wide and into center field on a misguided attempt to get him.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Meta’s strong quarter quelled concerns that its aggressive AI spending is misguided.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguided
Adjective
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The audio proves otherwise as the recordings show Biden was confused, rambling, and couldn’t even remember when his son Beau died.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
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Photos showed the group seemingly confused about what was happening during the moment.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Cleveland also warned that users may fail to consider emoji strings to be actual passwords, and so could be deceived via phishing campaigns to share emoji passwords.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The states pressing the suits, including California and New Jersey, say the companies deceived consumers about the risks posed by fossil fuels.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Anyone get any particularly bad or misinformed advice?—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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More than 350 colleges said delays in the federal government's communications have left students confused or misinformed.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who had lived as a legal U.S. resident in Maryland for 14 years while working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Those have included other deportations to third countries and the erroneous deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who had lived in Maryland for roughly 14 years working and raising a family.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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It's forged in the quiet, difficult moments when doing the right thing seems irrational.—
Victoria Vitchenco,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Rejecting his challenge in February 2024, Britain’s High Court said the decision to change Harry’s security status was neither irrational nor procedurally unfair.—
Henry Austin,
NBC news,
2 May 2025
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Also, unlike its many imposters (and there are many similar looking wireless lamps out there, so don’t be fooled), the Poldina comes with a 1-year warranty on the battery and a 2-year warranty for any defects.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
27 Feb. 2025
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Heat star Tyler Herro admitted to being fooled earlier this month, while a post from the account instigated a war of words between Kevin Garnett and Draymond Green.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is the most short-sighted and ill-advised cost-cutting measure.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Following the path that the previous director had taken would have been ill-advised.—
Janine Schindler,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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If a project fails because the decision to go ahead with the project turns out to be incorrect (which should happen frequently), that failure should not bear on the manager responsible for the project.—
Tim Koller,
Time,
20 May 2025
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The court had to issue a letter stating the interpretation was incorrect.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguided. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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