as in to deceive
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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The pick puts a vocal skeptic of COVID lockdowns in charge of the federal medical research agency — giving a prominent voice to Republicans who thought the strict measures at the height of the pandemic were misguided, Axios' David Nather reports.
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Mike Allen, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
The pick would put a vocal skeptic of COVID lockdowns in charge of the federal medical research agency, giving a prominent voice to Republicans who thought the strict measures at the height of the pandemic were misguided.
—David Nather, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Beyond being misguided, those who have followed the career of Coach (now Senator) Tuberville know that these comments are highly hypocritical.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Address misguided city rezoning that prioritizes multi-use housing over business/commercial.
—Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2024
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Mike Allen, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
The pick would put a vocal skeptic of COVID lockdowns in charge of the federal medical research agency, giving a prominent voice to Republicans who thought the strict measures at the height of the pandemic were misguided.
—David Nather, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Beyond being misguided, those who have followed the career of Coach (now Senator) Tuberville know that these comments are highly hypocritical.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Address misguided city rezoning that prioritizes multi-use housing over business/commercial.
—Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2024
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And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
8 Jan. 2025
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.—
Piyush Ranjan,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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However, others have questioned how she was so easily fooled.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The attackers disguise themselves as fake Google Ads login pages to fool advertisers, who are then phished for their account credentials.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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What began as an amusing alter ego created to trick a boss has now become a legitimate presence on credit reports, background checks and even tenant records, admitted original poster (OP) Cweev10 on Reddit this week.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Con artists take advantage of moments like this to mislead people into donating money to a false cause.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey, on the other hand, believes that his mother was misled prior to appearing on the show.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Misguide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguide. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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