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Recent Examples of misdirected
The turban’s high visibility leaves Sikh men uniquely vulnerable to misdirected Islamophobic attacks, according to the American Bar Association.
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Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
The novelist Naomi Alderman recently wrote about how the thing that keeps drawing us back to our phones is actually a misdirected desire to learn.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
Everyone in the book suffers from unreturned or misdirected love.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Effective leaders understand that the humans-versus-AI debate can be well-intended but misdirected.
—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Even with smart investing, without the right systems in place to transfer this wealth, wealth that took generations to build can be lost, misdirected, or fumbled entirely.
—Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
Weiss' defenders have blasted the show's staff as insubordinate and misdirected.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.
—Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
Excessive and misdirected use of artificial light is more common in cities and can have a huge effect on the visibility of the night sky, particularly for those stargazers who are looking to observe faint deep sky objects with some of the best telescopes.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
The novelist Naomi Alderman recently wrote about how the thing that keeps drawing us back to our phones is actually a misdirected desire to learn.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
Everyone in the book suffers from unreturned or misdirected love.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Effective leaders understand that the humans-versus-AI debate can be well-intended but misdirected.
—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Even with smart investing, without the right systems in place to transfer this wealth, wealth that took generations to build can be lost, misdirected, or fumbled entirely.
—Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
Weiss' defenders have blasted the show's staff as insubordinate and misdirected.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.
—Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
Excessive and misdirected use of artificial light is more common in cities and can have a huge effect on the visibility of the night sky, particularly for those stargazers who are looking to observe faint deep sky objects with some of the best telescopes.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdirected
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The party convened the liter- and glitterati of 1970s New York City to support one of the politically active Bernstein’s many causes, but critics like Wolfe interpreted the event as misguided.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, a misguided sense of celebration marked the occasion for a subset of unhinged progressives, some of whom hold positions of trust (teachers, administrators, politicians) in our country.—
Bob Ehrlich,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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The official scorer at Citi Field decided to give the win to Williams instead of Brazobán, deeming the latter’s outing ineffective because of the tying grand slam.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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And indeed recent reports suggest that some employees are sabotaging their companies’ AI rollouts by misusing AI tools, generating poor work to make AI appear ineffective, or outright refusing to employ the technology.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Bain was cited for careless driving at the time, but the charge was later dropped before Betts’ death.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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In May 2024, Kansas City Chiefs team doctor Michael Monaco pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless driving after fatally striking a man who had gotten out of his car to help the driver of a Chevrolet Equinox that had flipped over in November 2023.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026
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Time will tell what these partners are able to do with regard to safety, but releasing it to the general public would certainly have been ill-advised and dangerous.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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However, while willy-nilly scrubbing is ill-advised, there is more than one way to clean stainless steel.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misdirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdirected. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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