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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The pair of musicians chose to be honest about their feelings about each other, transforming comparison into camaraderie, rather than misguided conflict.
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The Four-Year Tax Efficiency Gap The January 2021 ban on crypto ETNs was a misguided attempt to protect retail consumers from highly speculative cryptoassets (Bitcoin traded at $40k at the time).
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Petitioner’s efforts to show otherwise lack textual, historical, or precedential footing, and simply seek to embed petitioner’s misguided policy preferences into the Constitution.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
The answers touched on Colorado’s scant investment in research, its misguided personnel decisions and its lack of urgency in improving its roster.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The Four-Year Tax Efficiency Gap The January 2021 ban on crypto ETNs was a misguided attempt to protect retail consumers from highly speculative cryptoassets (Bitcoin traded at $40k at the time).
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Petitioner’s efforts to show otherwise lack textual, historical, or precedential footing, and simply seek to embed petitioner’s misguided policy preferences into the Constitution.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
The answers touched on Colorado’s scant investment in research, its misguided personnel decisions and its lack of urgency in improving its roster.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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