Meaning

1 senses

  1. To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.

More definitions
  • give bad advice to
  • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

Examples

11 sentences

  1. Tom was misguided.

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  2. Your assumptions about me are misguided.

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  3. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

    deWir haben ferngesteuerte Geschosse und irregeleitete Menschen. — Waldelfe

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  4. It's a deeply misguided thing to do.

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  5. I think most of them are benevolent but misguided.

    deIch glaube, die meisten meinen es, wenn sie auch irregeleitet sind, gut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Forms

misguides, misguiding, misguided, misguided
Base formmisguide · to misguide
3rd person singularmisguides
Present participlemisguiding
Past simplemisguided
Past participlemisguided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisguide
he, she, itmisguides

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisguided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misguided
he, she, ithas misguided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misguide

Synonyms

4 synonyms
misleadB1
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Derivedmisguidermisguidingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misfitmisfortuneB2misgendermisgivingmishandlemishap
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