misguide
Example Sentences
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“A party plaintiff’s misguided belief or guileless action in relying on a statement on which no reasonable person would rely is not justifiable reliance,” according to Vondran Legal, which has offices in California and Arizona.
From MarketWatch
Calling VantageScore’s credit scoring model “political” because it incorporates rent and utility payment data is misguided.
“This is one case where individual people can kind of make a difference, even if that agency is misguided.”
So when I think about people doing activities where their attention isn’t just on interview mode, it’s like, “Oh, we’re tackling something together,” it really decreases that self-promotion instinct, which is usually misguided.
From Los Angeles Times
While Mr. Stubb does not excuse Moscow’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, some Russians in his book do come across as misguided and brutal but genuine in their opposition to a Western system.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
