Misguided
[,mɪs'ɡaɪdɪd]
Definition
(adj.) wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; 'well-meaning but misguided teachers'; 'a mistaken belief'; 'mistaken identity' .
Edited by Arnold--From WordNet
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.
- The persons behind you are some of them honest though misguided men; but you two I count altogether bad. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The true poet is not one whit to be pitied, and he is apt to laugh in his sleeve when any misguided sympathizer whines over his wrongs. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There were some honest misguided people. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Arnold