misguide
Example Sentences
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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
The words lingered as he drove me home in silence, forming the genesis of a mantra that would frequently misguide me as I transformed myself into an Everything But Girl.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2013
V. misinform, misteach†, misdescribe†, misinstruct†, miscorrect†; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
