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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
Josh Bivens, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
But the chaos and imprudence of Trump’s misguided and mismanaged tariffs have roiled the markets and fueled talk of a recession.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
This outrageously misguided spending reveals a deep rot within our foreign aid system.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
But the question now as to whether to invest Americans’ retirement money in government bonds or equities is misguided, Biggs said.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Rather, the high-profile whipsaws on tariff policy have mostly made people realize that the misguided economic ideas championed during Trump’s presidential campaign really might come to pass.
—Josh Bivens, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
But the chaos and imprudence of Trump’s misguided and mismanaged tariffs have roiled the markets and fueled talk of a recession.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
This outrageously misguided spending reveals a deep rot within our foreign aid system.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
But the question now as to whether to invest Americans’ retirement money in government bonds or equities is misguided, Biggs said.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguided
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Harris emphasizes nothing has yet changed but customers remain confused as to the status of the incentive and Harbinger’s IRA Risk Free Guarantee was created to mitigate that confusion.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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And while my four rides in Waymo's Jaguar i-Pace vehicles around Los Angeles last summer didn't feature any such fits of indecisiveness, the cars have had their own confused moments.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 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
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Every societal ill was the result of an intentional harm, a single malicious or misinformed actor, and every harm could be redressed by the proper application of the law.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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Setting aside the fact that this order may deny care to adults, who are free to make their own health care decisions, this overreaching executive order substitutes the president’s misinformed view for that of every medical association in America.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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The erroneous alerts, which affected recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) came during a series of website outages tied to internal agency upheaval and untested system changes, according to The Washington Post.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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The erroneous deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was first reported by The Atlantic.—
Mike Allen,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The characters are believably upset and irrational for much of the play.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 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
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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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Average velocity means tighter windows against faster athletes, so trying to do more than his arm talent allows is ill-advised.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Discovering this while in the midst of conflict with a native creature is ill-advised.—
Kevin Purdy,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Times' then-editorial page editor, James Bennet, who had inserted the incorrect claims into the passage, wrote an apology that was posted to the opinion section's social media account.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2025
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Specifically, the extension payment date for taxpayers who log into the IRS website is incorrect.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguided. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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