bum steer

Example Sentences

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But sometimes you can’t, like when you ask a chatbot a factual question and get a bum steer.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a proud skunk owner from Atlanta, a pizza deliveryman from San Bernardino and a bill collector from Denver given a bum steer while tracing a debt.

From Los Angeles Times

Greenhorns Stan and Ollie go to Brushwood Gulch with a gold-mine deed and get a bum steer.

From Los Angeles Times

One last note, one that almost became a rant that subsumed my entire newsletter today: I think Android users are getting a bum steer in 2020, and I blame Qualcomm and the US carriers.

From The Verge

The Fed is not alone in giving hypersensitive markets a bum steer in recent weeks.

From Reuters