misguided
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The move by investors to dump the stock was misguided, Hardt says.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
With that context, I’ve been literally raving over “Butterfly Jam,” a film so fundamentally misguided it could almost be the cineaste version of “The Room.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
That doesn’t mean people’s concern is exactly misguided.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
“It would be misguided to think that they could actually suppress the price of oil,” said Wallerstein.
From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026
I had tried to read up on what should happen at an execution; I had some misguided thought that I could intervene if they did something incorrectly.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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