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adjective

Definition of misguidednext
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as in confused

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as in misleading

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verb

past tense of misguide
as in deceived
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 misguided
Adjective
In her ruling, Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Sabrina Kraus, after initially seemingly highly skeptical, bought into that misguided argument that leaves communities on the sidelines. — Trish Goff, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026 She’s portrayed as misguided and misunderstood, not evil. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Verb
And, as scripted by Craig Mazin (The Last of Us), their dialogue is both mildly amusing and intriguingly philosophical, if at times misguided. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026 But my recent research suggests that this belief would be misguided. — George E. Mitchell, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misguided
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguided
  1. confused
  2. misleading
  3. deceived
  4. misinformed
  5. unreasoned
  6. tricked
  7. erroneous
  8. irrational
Adjective
  • In Timon, by contrast, everything is a rush, everything is broke-off and confused, everything is hurtling through suffering towards oblivion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • But when non-negotiable tasks are framed as questions, children can become confused about whether the task is actually optional.
    — Siggie Cohen, CNBC, 4 July 2026
Definition of confused
Adjective
  • Kara and Daniel Phillip, Lockport residents of 15 years, expressed similar safety concerns and beliefs that McGrew’s presentation, claiming property values would not decrease, to be misleading.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • These differences make simple score comparisons between students receiving vouchers and those who remain in the public school systems misleading.
    — Kendall Deas, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
Definition of misleading
Verb
  • Part of the robot’s training was to handle situations in which its handlers have deliberately deceived it.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • In the second half, the Paraguayan then deceived the Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev into a yellow card for Michael Olise.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of deceived
Adjective
  • There are reports of suicide from all of these enormous hormonal fluctuations, and yet women are left in the dark and misinformed about what to expect.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026
  • Why the plea deal was delayed The plea deal was delayed last week after Jackson had an outburst in court when his family was misinformed about the hearing time.
    — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of misinformed
Adjective
  • In each case, the actual right to your body is deferred to some third party, either the paternalists, the hypothetical children, or unreasoned authority.
    — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2011
Definition of unreasoned
Verb
  • Ricky Saints tricked the referee into thinking Lil Yachty used the kendo stick on him, and after traveling all the way to Riyadh, Yachty was tossed out just minutes into the match.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • While the war ended years before, the hostility spread from the stands — with skirmishes among supporters — into the field, when Maradona tricked the referee and the world with the World Cup’s most infamous goal, punching the ball into the net with his fist above England’s goalie Peter Shilton.
    — Gabriel Sama, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
Definition of tricked
Adjective
  • In addition, the trial judge gave the jury erroneous instructions, the appeals court ruled.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • But such fine evidence of the erroneous human touch in the publishing process is, of course, cherished by collectors of this day.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of erroneous
Adjective
  • Their ideas about it were often steeped in stereotypes suggesting that Buddhists were irrational and childish in their thinking.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026
  • Scammers often use isolation tactics in phone calls to panic the listener and rush them into making irrational choices that often have financial costs.
    — Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of irrational

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