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as in misleading
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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
Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Appearing on The View, Emanuel criticized Biden’s decision to speak publicly about his dropping out of the 2024 presidential election and to push back on concerns about cognitive decline, calling the move unhelpful and misguided.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Cronenworth took off for second, and Ward threw wide and into center field on a misguided attempt to get him.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Meta’s strong quarter quelled concerns that its aggressive AI spending is misguided.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
Landing Wirtz would be a major coup and provide confidence that City are building another era of success, but the mindset that only somebody of his stature should be considered for De Bruyne’s replacement is a little misguided.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Appearing on The View, Emanuel criticized Biden’s decision to speak publicly about his dropping out of the 2024 presidential election and to push back on concerns about cognitive decline, calling the move unhelpful and misguided.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Cronenworth took off for second, and Ward threw wide and into center field on a misguided attempt to get him.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Meta’s strong quarter quelled concerns that its aggressive AI spending is misguided.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguided
Adjective
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The Justice Department similarly told the Supreme Court that some lower courts are confused about how to evaluate multiple IQ tests under Supreme Court rules for what counts as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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It’s become the subject of much conversation at Variety, and Erickson is similarly confused.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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Cleveland also warned that users may fail to consider emoji strings to be actual passwords, and so could be deceived via phishing campaigns to share emoji passwords.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The states pressing the suits, including California and New Jersey, say the companies deceived consumers about the risks posed by fossil fuels.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some Kremlin officials have called Trump misinformed about what is happening.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 May 2025
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The new changes to the COVID vaccine policy follow a history of false and misinformed claims Kennedy has made about COVID vaccines.—
Tom Norton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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But at these later stages, none of the remaining instances were in an erroneous state.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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Meta said that its new policies had helped reduce erroneous content removals in the US by half without broadly exposing users to more offensive content than before the changes.—
Paresh Dave,
Wired News,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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It's forged in the quiet, difficult moments when doing the right thing seems irrational.—
Victoria Vitchenco,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Rejecting his challenge in February 2024, Britain’s High Court said the decision to change Harry’s security status was neither irrational nor procedurally unfair.—
Henry Austin,
NBC news,
2 May 2025
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Also, unlike its many imposters (and there are many similar looking wireless lamps out there, so don’t be fooled), the Poldina comes with a 1-year warranty on the battery and a 2-year warranty for any defects.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
27 Feb. 2025
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Heat star Tyler Herro admitted to being fooled earlier this month, while a post from the account instigated a war of words between Kevin Garnett and Draymond Green.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is the most short-sighted and ill-advised cost-cutting measure.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Following the path that the previous director had taken would have been ill-advised.—
Janine Schindler,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The senators are incorrect three times, and surely more.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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But here’s the twist: both might technically be incorrect.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguided. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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