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misguide

[mis-gahyd] / mɪsˈgaɪd /






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As expectations about what these products should detect increase, so too do the opportunities to let them misguide us and cause us to punish or profile innocent people.

From Slate Dec. 11, 2023

“The agents guide the people, or misguide them, into going illegally,” Anil Pratham, director of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Gujarat police, said in a telephone interview.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2022

Don’t let the instant success stories of the past decade misguide you.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2021

The words lingered as he drove me home in silence, forming the genesis of a mantra that would frequently misguide me as I transformed myself into an Everything But Girl.

From Salon Feb. 10, 2013

"If I be too long away, he will move without my words to misguide him."

From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver

The inquiry criticised that policy as a "misguided attempt at prioritisation" that "embedded unfairness in emergency procurement".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

That doesn’t mean, however, that the gaming enthusiasts who’ve made such an uproar online are to be easily dismissed, or that they’re wrong about why this is a misguided business move in the long term.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

“It’s Florida, Man,” HBO Max “What you’re about to see may be dangerous, illegal, unethical, petty, misguided, immoral and most definitely stupid,” a prologue warns at the top of each episode.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

Now a new group of fail-sons takes center stage on Sunday nights: the misguided male youth of “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

I had allowed myself to believe that the people who had prosecuted Walter were just misguided, possibly incompetent.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"We continue to do that and covering it up or misguiding the Environment Agency in any way is absolutely no part of that performance."

From BBC Dec. 4, 2023

PSG players celebrated with enthusiasm in front of their fans but the exuberance was somewhat misplaced and also misguiding.

From Washington Times Oct. 19, 2016

We all feel as if we have been entirely by-passed and badly misled and in so being have been misguiding those who have sought and heeded our advice.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2011

Result: potentially terribly misguiding images of events going around the world.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2010

The misguided ideas of a misguided leader who in turn was misguiding his army and his people.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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