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
In his sentencing remarks, Judge James Sampson accepted there was "no evidence of threats, violence or coercion", adding the parents - who had no previous convictions - acted on "misguided cultural beliefs, rather than malice".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
That doesn’t mean people’s concern is exactly misguided.
From Salon • May 11, 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
Vocabulary lists containing misguided
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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