Misguide
[mɪs'gaɪd]
Definition
(v. t.) To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.
(n.) Misguidance; error.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Mislead, misdirect.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
v.t. to guide wrongly: to lead into error.—ns. Misguid′ance Misguide′ (obs.).
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Examples
- I wish I could describe in words the compassion I felt for this miserable and misguided girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the case of my misguided aunt, the form which pious perseverance was next to take revealed itself to me plainly enough. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The evils from which society suffers are set down to the efforts of misguided individuals to transgress these boundaries. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Fall back; these misguided men shall not be slaughtered, while I am your general. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That cursed Indian jewel has misguided everybody who has come near it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I seized her reluctant hand--Dear friend, I cried, misguided victim, do you not intend to escape with me? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Some one whom I saw come in, and who, in a misguided and deplorable way, has deserted the house of a friend of mine. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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