misdirect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to give (a person) wrong directions or instructions
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to address (a letter, parcel, etc) wrongly
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has misdirectedperfect 3rd person singular
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have misdirectedperfect
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are misdirectingprogressive
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am misdirectingprogressive 1st person singular
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is misdirectingprogressive 3rd person singular
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misdirectssingular 3rd person
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has been misdirectingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been misdirectingperfect progressive
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misdirectingparticiple
Past
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had misdirectedperfect
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were misdirectingprogressive plural
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misdirectedsimple
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had been misdirectingperfect progressive
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misdirectedparticiple
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was misdirectingprogressive singular
Future
Etymology
Origin of misdirect
Vocabulary lists containing misdirect
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
We can’t afford to let the banks misdirect us again.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2024
We can misdirect in a way that what you’re seeing is science fiction or about AI, but that’s not really what it is at all.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023
“Baylor’s focus of media attention on football tried to misdirect attention from institutional failures of the Baylor administration. Our clients would have none of that,” Dunn said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
Berkson could well be right about eveyone's good intentions, but Hamline's institutional failures managed to thwart or misdirect them.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023
“Somehow we think it is funny to misdirect people and we don’t smile when we do it, but we laugh inwardly. It is our nature.”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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