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 answers touched on Colorado’s scant investment in research, its misguided personnel decisions and its lack of urgency in improving its roster.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The misguided introduction of a $100,000 application fee could shut down the H-1B program entirely, since almost no firm would be willing to pay $100,000 to hire a worker who could quit at any time.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
At least Lysenko was actually a scientist, albeit a misguided one.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Trying to use force to shape the future status of Taiwan is even more misguided.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The misguided introduction of a $100,000 application fee could shut down the H-1B program entirely, since almost no firm would be willing to pay $100,000 to hire a worker who could quit at any time.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
At least Lysenko was actually a scientist, albeit a misguided one.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Trying to use force to shape the future status of Taiwan is even more misguided.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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