misguided
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The Association of International Educators described the new rules as "misguided and unnecessary".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
That doesn’t mean, however, that the gaming enthusiasts who’ve made such an uproar online are to be easily dismissed, or that they’re wrong about why this is a misguided business move in the long term.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Do you see the narrative shifting as people wake up to the reality of AI, or are we stuck with these misguided framings?
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Ronald Reagan tried as well, and the Iran-Contra affair sprung from misguided hopes of getting the regime to free other U.S. hostages, and from there move past hostility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
But the instructions are misguided, because there is no such thing as a paragraph.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing misguided
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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