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misguide

[mis-gahyd] / mɪsˈgaɪd /






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Further “speculation on any proposed rule prior to it being published,” he said, “only serves to misguide public discourse and stoke fear in those who rely on disability benefits for economic stability.”

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

As expectations about what these products should detect increase, so too do the opportunities to let them misguide us and cause us to punish or profile innocent people.

From Slate Dec. 11, 2023

“The agents guide the people, or misguide them, into going illegally,” Anil Pratham, director of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Gujarat police, said in a telephone interview.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2022

Don’t let the instant success stories of the past decade misguide you.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2021

Your value there has never been unduly estimated by those whom personal feelings did not misguide.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

She added: "Such a proposal would not merely be mistaken, misguided or unacceptable; it would deserve to be rejected outright."

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

If you ask AI how to invest $5,000, for instance, you’ll get a wide-ranging and possibly misguided response.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 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

But paranoiacs were particularly misguided to oppose the now-approved CNN and CBS News combination.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

I had tried to read up on what should happen at an execution; I had some misguided thought that I could intervene if they did something incorrectly.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"We continue to do that and covering it up or misguiding the Environment Agency in any way is absolutely no part of that performance."

From BBC Dec. 4, 2023

Hamilton said: "It is unacceptable, cowardly and misguiding for those in power to suggest such a law."

From BBC Jul. 29, 2021

PSG players celebrated with enthusiasm in front of their fans but the exuberance was somewhat misplaced and also misguiding.

From Washington Times Oct. 19, 2016

Result: potentially terribly misguiding images of events going around the world.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2010

The misguided ideas of a misguided leader who in turn was misguiding his army and his people.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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