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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

Her personal preferences, nevertheless, obscure her views and misguide her opinions, while she lacks almost wholly the faculty of weighing her judgments....

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various

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

From BBC Jul. 16, 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

Do you see the narrative shifting as people wake up to the reality of AI, or are we stuck with these misguided framings?

From Salon Jun. 22, 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 asked again, looking around the room as though they might be playing a very misguided game of hide-and-seek.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"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

“I mean, we don’t do modeling like that. This is misguiding people.”

From New York Times Sep. 14, 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

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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