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Definition of misguided
: led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals well-meaning but misguided do-gooders
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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
Recent Examples of misguided from the Web
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After seeing the vicarial reaction from celebrities and fans alike, however, the ramifications of releasing these misguided shirts are sure to last for a while.
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Canada’s scientific enterprise is at risk of sinking to junk bond status as a result of a funding crunch and misguided government and granting council policies, argues a report released today.
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High-end sponsors dropped out, protesters lashed out, and Shakespearean theaters across the country learned what happens when furious, misguided trolls don’t know how to properly use Google.
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Ebonee Green, 39, of Jackson Park, said the decision to remove Cornell Drive from Jackson Park is misguided.
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Also, the idea the Padres had nothing to lose by retaliating because 2017 is not about wins and losses is misguided.
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While anti-Castro conservatives hailed Trump’s partial roll-back of President Barack Obama’s detente, a number of other GOP lawmakers, particularly from farm states, criticized the change as misguided and isolationist.
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In both cases, any understanding of the real history would undermine their misguided zeal.
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Perhaps a misguided missile launched by the wacko dictator in North Korea that winds up thousands of miles off course and explodes above a suburb of Pyongyang, instead.
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First Known Use of misguided
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MISGUIDED Defined for English Language Learners
misguided
playDefinition of misguided for English Language Learners
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: having wrong or improper goals or values
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: resulting from wrong or improper goals or values
MISGUIDED Defined for Kids
misguided
playDefinition of misguided for Students
: having or resulting from mistaken ideas or values misguided advisers a misguided attempt
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