misdirect
Example Sentences
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The upshot is that economic nationalism is misdirected.
From Barron's
No one can read without delight Norman’s exposure of the pursuit of money, power and fame—which is flawed only when misdirected and ridiculous only when denied.
Their cravings are always misdirected, their schemes both too big and too dumb to succeed.
From Salon
They are so smart, often harder to misdirect, harder to kind of just psychologically go the way that you predict.
From Los Angeles Times
I do want them to reflect on it, worry about it, think about it and then, I’ve got to misdirect them.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
