misguided
adjective
mis·guid·ed
(ˌ)mis-ˈgī-dəd 
: led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals
well-meaning but misguided do-gooders
Examples of misguided in a Sentence
She's been getting a lot of bad advice from misguided friends.
He blames the crisis on the government's misguided economic policies.
a misguided attempt to help
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There's also a common but misguided belief that non-quants are incapable of truly understanding quantitative reports of predictive performance and would only be misled by reports meant to speak in their straightforward business language.
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Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But neither is the sordid flip side, the anti-myth that ought to gut any misguided hankering after a mid-century golden age.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Riseborough is suitably ghost-like as Kathryn, who is secretly the heart and soul of this misguided mission in which Chris is the brain.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The United States was Triumph’s most promising market, and because convertibles were nearly legislated out of existence at the time due to misguided Department of Transportation (DOT) roll-over worries, Triumph launched the TR7 as a coupe.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
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Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But neither is the sordid flip side, the anti-myth that ought to gut any misguided hankering after a mid-century golden age.
—Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Riseborough is suitably ghost-like as Kathryn, who is secretly the heart and soul of this misguided mission in which Chris is the brain.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The United States was Triumph’s most promising market, and because convertibles were nearly legislated out of existence at the time due to misguided Department of Transportation (DOT) roll-over worries, Triumph launched the TR7 as a coupe.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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