misguided
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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
With that context, I’ve been literally raving over “Butterfly Jam,” a film so fundamentally misguided it could almost be the cineaste version of “The Room.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
That doesn’t mean people’s concern is exactly misguided.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
I don’t want to get any of society’s misguided ideas in my head.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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