misguidedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguidedly
Adverb
  • The story also said erroneously that Stripe took a cut of each transaction.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Some content creators on platforms including YouTube and TikTok mentioned Dahle’s plea agreement in videos, but also erroneously pointed to the judge as the source of the agreement.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Authorities in Oregon announced a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from prison earlier this week is back in custody after igniting a multi-day manhunt.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Ty Anthony Sage, 26, was mistakenly released on bail on Monday, officials said.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Among them was the criminal trial of Dale Akiki, a former Spring Valley church day care volunteer wrongly accused in a case involving allegations of ritual child abuse.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In a January letter, the prosecutor, Adán Vicente Santos Santos, claimed that the local court wrongly dismissed testimony of two counterintelligence officers from the Interior Ministry who accused Tristá Padilla of inciting two other men to publish antigovernment content on Facebook.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In all, 24 district and city attorneys filed the civil enforcement action alleging Sephora improperly handled the items defined as hazardous waste.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Applegreen won the contract after Waltham’s Global Partners alleged a key MassDOT official was improperly discussing the deal with officials connected to the Irish business.
    Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Denham’s name was spelled incorrectly in an earlier version of this story.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • My question incorrectly presupposed that Kiffin had gotten over it.
    Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Pulte also said James may have inaccurately described her Brooklyn home.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Conservatives had complained that the Jimmy Kimmel Live host had inaccurately described the political beliefs held by the man accused of shooting the Turning Point USA founder.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The earliest accusation came in 1993 when the stepdaughter claimed to relatives that Errol touched her inappropriately at the family’s home.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In April 2024, Timothy Daugherty was pulled from his substitute teaching job at Spring Mills Elementary School in Highland Township after he was accused and later charged with inappropriately touching six victims, who were 9 to 11 years old.
    Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • My partner’s refusal to be comforted by this institutional food struck me sometimes as pointlessly obstructive and at other times as a sign of self-respect.
    Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Few endeavors could signal virtue as pointlessly or gratuitously.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Misguidedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguidedly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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