misguidedly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguidedly
Adverb
  • Kelly, the Pennsylvania congressman, was also included in the FBI request, though he was erroneously referred to as a senator.
    Lawrence Andrea, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The story also said erroneously that Stripe took a cut of each transaction.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages hit a comebacker to Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering, who mistakenly tossed an errant throw to home.
    Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In July, another inmate at the same jail was mistakenly released due to what officials say was a clerical error stemming from two similar last names.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be in court in Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him from the United States.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • His quest for revenge plays with well with his political supporters, who believe he was wrongly targeted by the Biden administration and other Democrats, resulting in his 2024 conviction by a New York jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Maxwell, 62, had asked the high court to review whether she was improperly prosecuted despite Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Members of the parole board have received threats after being incorrectly blamed for the release on social media.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know In a notice issued on Friday, the State Department stated that a small number of entrants from Cuba may have been incorrectly notified that they were selected for a Diversity Visa.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 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 students claimed Riscovallez would inappropriately touch them and give them gifts such as trading cards and candy, according to a press release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Eilish has spoken out in the past about fans behaving inappropriately at concerts.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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