misdirect
verb (used with object)
to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly.
had misdirected
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past perfectof misdirect.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr Hogg's lawyers argued that Lord Lake had misdirected the jury.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
At an earlier hearing at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh, the Crown Office accepted that the judge had misdirected the jury and part of the verdict should be quashed.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
He had meant it for someone else, but he had misdirected it.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
Oppongagyare said the GPS had misdirected him, which was a red flag, as agents say smugglers often use that excuse.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
By some extraordinary mischance, she had misdirected it.
From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
