misguide
Example Sentences
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A more apt and kind description might be “misguided” but, setting that aside, Mr. Swaim correctly notes that “in general, religious language fits badly in partisan spaces.”
On Tuesday, Cotton said that he disagreed with Kent’s “misguided assessment.”
From Los Angeles Times
Seven months ago, Helen was attending her high school graduation and seven months ago I’d skipped my own to run to France under some misguided notion that I was proving something.
From Literature
Often, the source of their unfavorable choice is a misguided reliance on past performance.
From MarketWatch
More important still, even when we believed a president’s actions were misguided, we almost always wanted him to succeed if possible.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
