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
Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Petitioner’s efforts to show otherwise lack textual, historical, or precedential footing, and simply seek to embed petitioner’s misguided policy preferences into the Constitution.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Channel a French painter with a Breton-style striped shirt and a beret, or pair a smock and palette for artistic flair, which can often be safer than a well-meaning but potentially misguided tribute to a historical figure.
—Ella Cerón, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The Four-Year Tax Efficiency Gap The January 2021 ban on crypto ETNs was a misguided attempt to protect retail consumers from highly speculative cryptoassets (Bitcoin traded at $40k at the time).
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Petitioner’s efforts to show otherwise lack textual, historical, or precedential footing, and simply seek to embed petitioner’s misguided policy preferences into the Constitution.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Dissident Iranian cinema body IIFMA says the arrangement is misguided given the Islamic Republic regime’s censorship and repression of filmmakers in Iran.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Channel a French painter with a Breton-style striped shirt and a beret, or pair a smock and palette for artistic flair, which can often be safer than a well-meaning but potentially misguided tribute to a historical figure.
—Ella Cerón, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguided
Verb
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According to Chinese sources, one of its electronic warfare (EW) systems has successfully deceived a foreign spy plane over the South China Sea.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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While vacationing in Switzerland during Zurich Fashion Week, they were interviewed and completely deceived the interviewer throughout the conversation.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Tibbetts looked confused by the ejection and didn’t leave the court immediately, appearing to ask another official, Tim Greene, what happened.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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About 20 mins later, our son woke up, confused and looking for his daddy.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nelson questioned how the device could justify its IP rating and called the hinge design misleading.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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The lawmakers say this claim is misleading, adding that the office should be able to respond to communications by utilizing non-furloughed employees or prioritizing carryover funding at its disposal.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The consumer is led to believe there is a fraudulent activity involving their account — and they're tricked with working with a scammer to fix a fake problem.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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According to the outlet and several videos circulating on social media, Mojito tricked pedestrians by pretending to inject them with a syringe in a series of viral videos.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The news coverage that followed the decision sparked intense, and often misinformed, debate online about the case, and Lively worried that bias would affect potential jurors.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 Oct. 2025
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Yes, this is just one misinformed lie after another.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
Verb
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And though in public, the royal family remains upbeat, people who have been following the monarchy for a while aren’t fooled.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Oct. 2025
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Viewer Reactions The TikTok video reached over 874,100 views, 171,200 likes and 657 comments as of Monday, with people cracking up in the comment section, claiming they too had been fooled for a moment.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Engineers outfitted the device with a heater to melt ice in the winter, a customization that should improve accuracy during Arizona’s freeze-thaw cycles that have long created erroneous measurements.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Vedra and other debt law experts said a high rate of default judgments indicates a system that favors the pursuers over the pursued — and increases the chances someone will be harmed by an erroneous bill.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguided. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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