misguide

[ mis-gahyd ]

/ mɪsˈgaɪd /

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verb (used with object), mis·guid·ed, mis·guid·ing.

to guide wrongly; misdirect.

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Origin of misguide

1325–75; mis-¹ + guide; replacing Middle English misgien;see guy²

OTHER WORDS FROM misguide

mis·guid·ance, nounmis·guid·er, noun

Words nearby misguide

misfunction, misgender, misgive, misgiving, misgovern, misguide, misguided, mishandle, mishanter, mishap, Mishawaka

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How to use misguide in a sentence

I think we misguide ourselves when we do that and we say, “How do we get people to understand?”
Amanda Blackhorse Is ‘Confident’ Snyder Will Lose His Redskins Appeal|Robert Silverman|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I do believe that my uncle would have made a far less egregious smash if there had been no Napoleonic legend to misguide him.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells
A tendency to undermine the best interests of the art is, however, insidiously at work to misguide the public taste.
Elementary Instruction in The Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum|D. Laurent de Lara
Your value there has never been unduly estimated by those whom personal feelings did not misguide.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

The pride of reason seeks to misguide men, and lead them away from God and the secrets of Nature.
Old Fritz and the New Era|Louise Muhlbach
Now, what possible end can be served by books like these, except to misguide and misinform?
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins

British Dictionary definitions for misguide

misguide

/ (ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd) /

verb

(tr) to guide or direct wrongly or badly

Derived forms of misguide

misguidance, nounmisguider, noun

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