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misguide

[mis-gahyd] / mɪsˈgaɪd /






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Further “speculation on any proposed rule prior to it being published,” he said, “only serves to misguide public discourse and stoke fear in those who rely on disability benefits for economic stability.”

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

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

They also cloud and misguide, often creating false — but powerful and entrenched — impressions that can outweigh more objective measures.

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 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

Your value there has never been unduly estimated by those whom personal feelings did not misguide.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

As it has done in the past, the White House on Tuesday derided Bonta’s lawsuits as misguided.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Curtailing the boom and the data centers behind it—as New York recently did—is misguided.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

If you ask AI how to invest $5,000, for instance, you’ll get a wide-ranging and possibly misguided response.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

The Association of International Educators described the new rules as "misguided and unnecessary".

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Moss cried because he missed his father, missed a misguided habit of picking up unowned furniture, missed that silly humor.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Hamilton said: "It is unacceptable, cowardly and misguiding for those in power to suggest such a law."

From BBC Jul. 29, 2021

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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