Other Words from misguided

misguidedly \ (ˌ)mis-ˈgī-dəd-lē

\ adverb

misguidedness \ (ˌ)mis-ˈgī-dəd-nəs

\ noun

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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