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verb

past tense of misguide

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Recent Examples of misguided
Adjective
Carell, in particular, takes a badly misguided approach to Randall, adopting a fancy semi-British accent for some reason and then screaming like Anchorman’s Brick Tamland at inappropriate times. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 June 2025 The American Civil Liberties Union said Trump’s use of the military domestically is misguided and dangerous. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 If Penelope’s approach was messy and slightly misguided, Coughlan’s portrayal indicates that her actions as Lady Whistledown sometimes reflected the missteps of youth. Abigail Lee, Variety, 6 June 2025 But experts say concerns about its safety are misguided, fueled in part by a report from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, an advocacy group that promotes religious traditions and is funded by multiple right-wing organizations. Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for misguided
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguided
Adjective
  • Despite decades of existence, Jack in the Box’s sales remain stagnant, its strategy appears confused, and investors are becoming increasingly uneasy.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Charles Leclerc, meanwhile, was left confused by the team’s strategy call — having gone long on the opening stint, but never seemed like a genuine threat to the leaders and lacking the outright pace of Lando Norris on the same strategy.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Cleveland also warned that users may fail to consider emoji strings to be actual passwords, and so could be deceived via phishing campaigns to share emoji passwords.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The states pressing the suits, including California and New Jersey, say the companies deceived consumers about the risks posed by fossil fuels.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The new changes to the COVID vaccine policy follow a history of false and misinformed claims Kennedy has made about COVID vaccines.
    Tom Norton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • Some Kremlin officials have called Trump misinformed about what is happening.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • However, this setup is relatively inflexible, as minor displacements or changes require recalibration, often resulting in erroneous test results.
    Prasad Banala, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Thursday, the Cubs jumped the gun and announced the new pope was a fan on their Wrigley Field marquee after an erroneous report on ABC.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been reopened in chunks, thanks to the unrelenting optimism and irrational persistence of a corps of downtown residents led by Rodriguez and Rosa Chang.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 June 2025
  • On the other hand, especially given that the vote was still restricted to only a small minority of propertied men, the rise of party politics itself sharpened the age-old mistrust of popular judgment as irrational and easily swayed—especially by lies.
    Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Heat star Tyler Herro admitted to being fooled earlier this month, while a post from the account instigated a war of words between Kevin Garnett and Draymond Green.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Also, unlike its many imposters (and there are many similar looking wireless lamps out there, so don’t be fooled), the Poldina comes with a 1-year warranty on the battery and a 2-year warranty for any defects.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But that may seem ill-advised, given the likelihood this octogenarian theocrat would be replaced by a younger hardliner who is keener to flex Iran’s muscles of deterrence.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
  • But taking resources from top-tier research institutions seems ill-advised.
    Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Consider a car engine: Removing deposits and sludge (inaccurate, outdated, irrelevant and incorrect information) reduces friction, while clean oil (large language models and AI) ensures smooth performance.
    Savinay Berry, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The buzzer was heard since that number was incorrect and the price of the car increased to 50 cents.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025

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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguided. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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