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misguide
[ mis-gahyd ]
verb (used with object)
- to guide wrongly; misdirect.
misguide
/ ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd /
verb
- tr to guide or direct wrongly or badly
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Derived Forms
- ˌmisˈguidance, noun
- ˌmisˈguider, noun
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Other Words From
- mis·guidance noun
- mis·guider noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
I think we misguide ourselves when we do that and we say, “How do we get people to understand?”
I do believe that my uncle would have made a far less egregious smash if there had been no Napoleonic legend to misguide him.
A tendency to undermine the best interests of the art is, however, insidiously at work to misguide the public taste.
Your value there has never been unduly estimated by those whom personal feelings did not misguide.
The pride of reason seeks to misguide men, and lead them away from God and the secrets of Nature.
Now, what possible end can be served by books like these, except to misguide and misinform?
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