misdirect
verb (used with object)
to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly.
misdirected
Example Sentences
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But, if he wrote to prove genius as a prognosticator, it’s a misdirected column.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
They also said the judge misdirected the jury about evidence from another of the participants.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Has our unity fallen into misdirected victimhood disguised as sisterhood?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
But he thinks some of that feeling is misdirected.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
But misdirected rage is not an easy thing to hold on to; the last sparks of it get snuffed out, as they deserve to be, in the icy waters of humiliation and defeat.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
