misdirect

Example Sentences

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Statistically, it’s unlikely for one person to get so many misdirected texts.

From Literature

By the time couples notice, the pressure is already there, and it often gets misdirected at each other.

From MarketWatch

Rather than reflecting a loss of control due to runaway habits, some compulsive behaviors may result from excessive, though misdirected, deliberate control.

From Science Daily

Last Wednesday, TikTok creators, finding none of the mayhem they expected to see in Springfield, started suggesting that faith-based groups working with Haitian immigrants were misdirecting resources.

From Salon

The upshot is that economic nationalism is misdirected.

From Barron's