as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza
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Recent Examples of misguide
To equate coca with the raw alkaloid is, in fact, as misguided as suggesting that the delicious flesh of a peach is equivalent to the hydrogen cyanide found in every peach pit.
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
While the number of outages appeared to decline, Spotify posted on social media that rumors of a hack were misguided.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Environmental activists said efforts to revive coal were misguided.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
How misguided some men’s searching for community became evident to Vera Papisova, a journalist who spent a year dating far-right men for a story for Cosmopolitan magazine, when one man brought her to what was ostensibly a gathering of neo-Nazis on a second date.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
While the number of outages appeared to decline, Spotify posted on social media that rumors of a hack were misguided.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
Environmental activists said efforts to revive coal were misguided.
—Ivan Penn, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
How misguided some men’s searching for community became evident to Vera Papisova, a journalist who spent a year dating far-right men for a story for Cosmopolitan magazine, when one man brought her to what was ostensibly a gathering of neo-Nazis on a second date.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguide
Verb
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Notably, 40 percent acknowledged faking activity to deceive monitoring systems, suggesting a struggle to maintain consistent performance outside traditional office settings.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
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So there’s an interesting, dark comedy element to people that are deceiving themselves.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Reyes was a nice spring training story, but the Yankees were fooled by meaningless February and March stats.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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But don't be fooled, as these texts are sophisticated scams designed to steal your personal information or money.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Phishing pages masquerade as banks, auction sites, and other sensitive sites, hoping to trick victims into logging in.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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Geragos asked Jane about presents that Diddy lavished upon her, for example, seemingly to suggest that his gift-giving indicated a romantic relationship, not a ruse to trick her into kink.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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Unless significant number of Republicans break from this objective, don’t be misled about claims of major disagreements over the big, beautiful bill.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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The Federal Trade Commission argued that Garvey unlawfully misled consumers, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit disagreed.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 June 2025
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“Misguide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguide. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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