Their mail was misdirected to our address.
If he tells you he's not interested, he's trying to misdirect you.
Recent Examples on the WebLike a skilled magician, authors must constantly misdirect, hint and tease.—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024 Trump, a former New Yorker, is expected to characterize the nation's largest city as crime-ridden, in order to portray Bragg as a left-wing zealot who is misdirecting his energies on Trump's prosecution for 34 counts of falsifying business records, instead of focusing on street crime.—Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 To attempt to shame a professional athlete for taking money from the highest payer, as long as the rules of the game are followed, is misdirected at best.—Washington Post, 21 June 2024 Although concerns over how employees are using AI models is a topic of worldwide discussion at the moment across many industries, Gartner analyst Annette Zimmermann said Musk’s reaction is a bit misdirected and the topic is not specific to iPhones.—Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for misdirect
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