misguided

misguided

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/

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Adjective

misguided (comparative more misguided, superlative most misguided)

1. ill-conceived or not thought through
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.

2. misled or mistaken
3. lacking proper guidance

   A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

   • 2001, Starsailor, Poor Misguided Fool

     You're just a poor misguided fool
     Who thinks they know what I should do
     A line for me and a line for you
     I lose my right to a point of view.

Synonyms

• (lacking proper guidance): stray, straying, erring, errant, confused, off course

Translations

lacking proper guidance

Bulgarian: заблуден (bg) (zabluden) French: errant (fr) m Hebrew: תועה‎ m or f Irish: aimhleasach, aimhleasta, éidreorach, éigiallda, gan chiall, iomrallach, místiúrtha, seachránach Romanian: eronat (ro), greșit (ro) Turkish: yanlış yönlendirilmiş (misled)

Verb

misguided

1. simple past tense and past participle of misguide