misguide
verb (used with object)
to guide wrongly; misdirect.
misguidance
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a word derived from
misguide.
Example Sentences
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Leana S. Wen’s Jan. 15 op-ed drew from selected data and might have provided serious misguidance.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
The widespread tendency to put up plastic “cascades from the original misguidance on droplets,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2021
So forget the metrics misguidance for a moment.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018
Many great business writers have taken on the daunting questions and challenges that so often turn philanthropic and entrepreneurial endeavors into misguidance and waste.
From Forbes ● Sep. 11, 2012
When, through misguidance, he discovers that he no longer has the time which he was "allotted," he may feel frustrated and foster deep regrets.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson
