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Recent Examples of misdirected
Everyone in the book suffers from unreturned or misdirected love.
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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
Analysis and debate about the ongoing health-care crisis emphasize misdirected funding rather than considering how to revitalize the ethics of medicine.
—David Marks, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
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
Analysis and debate about the ongoing health-care crisis emphasize misdirected funding rather than considering how to revitalize the ethics of medicine.
—David Marks, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdirected
Adjective
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But the derision coming as a result of what Darnold has accomplished in Seattle is ultimately misguided.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Other misguided ideas should be left on Capitol Hill’s cutting room floor.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Without this step, emotional conversations become emotionally expensive and structurally ineffective.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Since mothballs are proven to be ineffective (and harmful), here are some safer alternatives to consider.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When a newspaper is felled by careless or malicious owners, millions of people are hurt, in big ways and small ways and ways that are impossible to measure.—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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Karlsson was on the wrong side of the puck all evening, made careless decisions and generally played a thoughtless game.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To be sure, some of these divestitures and breakups follow deals that seem to have been ill-advised from the start.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026
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In fact, reconciliation was often ill-advised, especially if offenders had not expressed remorse or commitment to any type of meaningful change.—
Richard Balkin,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Misdirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdirected. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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