misguided
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Well over a century of misguided land management and development practices have left the state increasingly vulnerable to frequent and severe fire that risks destroying communities and ecosystems.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
And Friedrich Hayek suggested that recessions occur regularly, as maladjustments build up from misguided interest-rate policies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
She said it was accepted that what had started in 2019 as a "misguided wish" on the part of the defendant to help friends and family then "snowballed" into something far larger.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The move by investors to dump the stock was misguided, Hardt says.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Whose interest is that thoughtless and misguided mob serving?
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing misguided
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: mis-
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