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misguide

[mis-gahyd] / mɪsˈgaɪd /






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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

It grieves me sorely, and I cannot choose   But own my sin: let counsels which misguide,   And my own little wit, such fault excuse.

From Orlando Furioso by William Stewart Rose

Recent calls from artificial-intelligence leaders to slow the technology’s development have rippled through the stock market — and Wall Street’s early reactions may be misguided.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

In the weeks leading up to the first Super Bowl at SoFi, there were misguided rumblings that the game might be moved to Dallas, because the NFL had secured that city as a backup.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

In both of these misguided invasions, Americans apparently convinced themselves that Canadians essentially did not exist, at least not as a people or a nation with a shared collective identity.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

In a statement to the BBC, Amazon "strongly disagrees" with the premise that it misled advertisers and called the suit "misguided."

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Do not be misguided by my poetic inclinations.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Hamilton said: "It is unacceptable, cowardly and misguiding for those in power to suggest such a law."

From BBC Jul. 29, 2021

PSG players celebrated with enthusiasm in front of their fans but the exuberance was somewhat misplaced and also misguiding.

From Washington Times Oct. 19, 2016

We all feel as if we have been entirely by-passed and badly misled and in so being have been misguiding those who have sought and heeded our advice.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2011

Result: potentially terribly misguiding images of events going around the world.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2010

The misguided ideas of a misguided leader who in turn was misguiding his army and his people.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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