Misdirect
[mɪsdaɪ'rekt;-dɪ-] or [,mɪsdə'rɛkt]
Definition
(v. t.) To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
v.t. to direct wrongly.—n. Misdirec′tion act of directing wrongly or state of being wrongly directed.
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Examples
- The purpose is to take care of the misdirected balls that roll off the bed before reaching the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It appeared to me that his industry was all misdirected. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I accused earth and sky --the universal machine and the Almighty power that misdirected it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I have not the slightest doubt that the scoundrel has passed his whole existence in misdirecting travellers! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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