misguided
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described those carrying out settler attacks as a handful of misguided young people: "150 juvenile delinquents", he's called them, or "70 teenagers from broken homes".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
The detectives didn’t drink alcohol, but Arm said they had to encourage Mr. Thirsty’s kind impulses, however misguided.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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