misguided

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Adjective

misguided

1. ill-conceived or not thought through
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special ↗," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.

2. misled or mistaken
3. lacking proper guidance

   A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

   • 2001, Starsailor (band), Poor Misguided Fool

     You're just a poor misguided fool
     Who thinks they know what I should do
     A line for me and a line for you
     I lose my right to a point of view.

Synonyms

• (lacking proper guidance) stray, straying, erring, errant, confused, off course

Translations

• French: errant

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of misguide

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