misdirect
verb (used with object)
to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly.
have misdirected
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present perfectof misdirect.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Some Alzheimer’s experts now suspect Lesné’s studies have misdirected Alzheimer’s research for 16 years.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
The loan companies have misdirected payments, lost paperwork and charged the wrong interest rate, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Government Accountability Office have shown.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
And you, Stephen D. Keener, the Little League International president and chief executive, have misdirected your punishment by including the players.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2015
I am afraid to take the proper steps for finding out, lest I should learn that during these years I have misdirected my emotion.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
The old woman must surely have misdirected me on purpose.
From The White Man's Foot by Grant Allen
