misguided

Example Sentences

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Calling VantageScore’s credit scoring model “political” because it incorporates rent and utility payment data is misguided.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This is one case where individual people can kind of make a difference, even if that agency is misguided.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal

Shaw has once again chosen to latch on to Third Point’s dangerously misguided effort to have CoStar Group abandon Homes.com.”

From The Wall Street Journal