misguide
Example Sentences
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Often, the source of their unfavorable choice is a misguided reliance on past performance.
From MarketWatch
More important still, even when we believed a president’s actions were misguided, we almost always wanted him to succeed if possible.
Seth Lazar, a philosophy professor at the Australian National University, says the new measures were "extremely misguided, both as a matter of technological practice and from the perspective of liberal values".
From BBC
Not since “Cats” has there been a more misguided yet enterprising work of big-budget, intellectual property cinema.
From Salon
Out of misguided deference to supposed victims, they have been largely aiming their ire in the wrong direction.
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