Misguided
adjective
Having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.
His misguided attempt to help only made things worse.
Often appears as...
- misguided attempt
- misguided belief
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Disapproving
adjective
Having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning.
His misguided attempt to help only made things worse.
Often appears as...
- misguided attempt
- misguided belief
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Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Faulty Decisions
Use 'misguided' when someone's decisions or actions are based on poor understanding or bad judgment.
His misguided decision to ignore the weather report led to getting caught in the storm.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
'Misguided' often implies that the action or belief resulted in a negative or undesired outcome.
The misguided policy resulted in a loss of trust among the employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Deliberate
Actions described as 'misguided' are not intentionally wrong, they are based on error or misunderstanding.
He made a misguided attempt to solve the problem, not realizing it would complicate things.
Pro Tip 1/3Faulty Decisions
Use 'misguided' when someone's decisions or actions are based on poor understanding or bad judgment.
His misguided decision to ignore the weather report led to getting caught in the storm.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
'Misguided' often implies that the action or belief resulted in a negative or undesired outcome.
The misguided policy resulted in a loss of trust among the employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Deliberate
Actions described as 'misguided' are not intentionally wrong, they are based on error or misunderstanding.
He made a misguided attempt to solve the problem, not realizing it would complicate things.
Pro Tip 1/3Faulty Decisions
Use 'misguided' when someone's decisions or actions are based on poor understanding or bad judgment.
His misguided decision to ignore the weather report led to getting caught in the storm.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Outcome
'Misguided' often implies that the action or belief resulted in a negative or undesired outcome.
The misguided policy resulted in a loss of trust among the employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Deliberate
Actions described as 'misguided' are not intentionally wrong, they are based on error or misunderstanding.
He made a misguided attempt to solve the problem, not realizing it would complicate things.
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Distorting Madonna in...
Beautiful objects could lead to a misguided worship of the object rather than the worship of goodness. It is said that the early sixth century preacher, St. Benedict, upon thinking of a beautiful woman, threw himself into a thorn patch, and through his suffering, regained his focus on spiritual beauty. He feared his desire for the beautiful woman
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We need to talk about an...
the great increase in mass incarceration in this country wasn't really in violent crime categories it was this misguided war on drugs now that's where the dramatic increases have come in our prison population and we got carried away with the rhetoric of punishment and so we have three strikes laws that put people in prison forever for stealing a
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
wasn't really in violent crime categories. It was this misguided war on drugs. That's where the dramatic increases have come in our prison population. And we got carried away with the rhetoric of punishment. And so we have "Three Strikes" laws that put people in prison forever for stealing a bicycle, for low-level property crimes,
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James Rhee: The value of...
And I found myself wheeling and dealing as an investment banker and a private equity investor for many years. And the lessons from that red helicopter, they seemed incredibly childish and weirdly misguided in the world of business and finance. Because let’s face non-revenue-generating investments in people,
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How Syria's architecture...
we shouldn't underestimate the way in which, by contributing to the loss of identity and self-respect, urban zoning and misguided, inhumane architecture have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference.
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Romulus Whitaker: The...
produces thousands of tons of rice. And what do we do? How do we respond to this? Well, basically, we dam it, we pollute it, we pour in pesticides, weedicides, fungicides. You drink it in peril of your life. And the thing is, it's not just big industry. It's not misguided river engineers
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How judges can show...
you know, your regular lineup of low-level offenders -- you know, the low-hanging fruit, the drug-addicted prostitute, the mentally ill homeless person with quality-of-life tickets, the high school dropout petty drug dealer and the misguided young people --
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Prohibition criminalizes...
I'm not a drug policy expert my field is architecture but I and my family and countless others around the globe have had a direct and painful experience of the impact of misguided drug policy and I believe an important step towards
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King Cobra vs. Saltwater...
and weigh in at over a ton crocodiles are opportunistic hunters lying in wait for an unsuspecting animal to come along like the baby king cobra the snakes misguided instinct is a windfall for the little sulky
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Didier Sornette: How we...
the misguided belief by most economists, policymakers and central banks that we have transformed into a new world of never-ending growth and prosperity.
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Distorting Madonna in...
Beautiful objects could lead to a misguided worship of the object rather than the worship of goodness. It is said that the early sixth century preacher, St. Benedict, upon thinking of a beautiful woman, threw himself into a thorn patch, and through his suffering, regained his focus on spiritual beauty. He feared his desire for the beautiful woman
Video examples
We need to talk about an...
the great increase in mass incarceration in this country wasn't really in violent crime categories it was this misguided war on drugs now that's where the dramatic increases have come in our prison population and we got carried away with the rhetoric of punishment and so we have three strikes laws that put people in prison forever for stealing a
Video examples
Bryan Stevenson: We need...
wasn't really in violent crime categories. It was this misguided war on drugs. That's where the dramatic increases have come in our prison population. And we got carried away with the rhetoric of punishment. And so we have "Three Strikes" laws that put people in prison forever for stealing a bicycle, for low-level property crimes,
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James Rhee: The value of...
And I found myself wheeling and dealing as an investment banker and a private equity investor for many years. And the lessons from that red helicopter, they seemed incredibly childish and weirdly misguided in the world of business and finance. Because let’s face non-revenue-generating investments in people,
Video examples
How Syria's architecture...
we shouldn't underestimate the way in which, by contributing to the loss of identity and self-respect, urban zoning and misguided, inhumane architecture have nurtured sectarian divisions and hatred. Over time, the united city has morphed into a city center with ghettos along its circumference.
Video examples
Romulus Whitaker: The...
produces thousands of tons of rice. And what do we do? How do we respond to this? Well, basically, we dam it, we pollute it, we pour in pesticides, weedicides, fungicides. You drink it in peril of your life. And the thing is, it's not just big industry. It's not misguided river engineers
Video examples
How judges can show...
you know, your regular lineup of low-level offenders -- you know, the low-hanging fruit, the drug-addicted prostitute, the mentally ill homeless person with quality-of-life tickets, the high school dropout petty drug dealer and the misguided young people --
Video examples
Prohibition criminalizes...
I'm not a drug policy expert my field is architecture but I and my family and countless others around the globe have had a direct and painful experience of the impact of misguided drug policy and I believe an important step towards
Video examples
King Cobra vs. Saltwater...
and weigh in at over a ton crocodiles are opportunistic hunters lying in wait for an unsuspecting animal to come along like the baby king cobra the snakes misguided instinct is a windfall for the little sulky
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Didier Sornette: How we...
the misguided belief by most economists, policymakers and central banks that we have transformed into a new world of never-ending growth and prosperity.
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James Marsden
American Actor
I've said this before, but I've always felt more comfortable playing the guy who thinks he's the hot shot or thinks he's the greatest and is so far from it, you know? The misguided character. That's always more interesting to me - especially with a comedy. I've always felt inside more like a character actor.
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Winnie Byanyima
Ugandan Politician
African countries lose billions every year because of tax dodging by big corporations and wealthy individuals. They lose billions more from overly generous tax incentives in a misguided belief that this is the only way to attract foreign investment.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces.
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Leslie Morgan Steiner
American Author
Our culture encourages women to nurture men, making it predictable that many experience a seductive empathy for abusive men, as well as the misguided hope that love can obliterate an ugly past.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Your character is always right. No real person thinks they're being stupid or misguided or bigoted or evil or just plain wrong - so your characters can't, either.
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Vikas Swarup
Indian Novelist
The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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Russell Means
American Activist
I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.
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Iris Murdoch
Irish Author
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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Charles Colson
American Lawyer
Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.
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James Marsden
American Actor
I've said this before, but I've always felt more comfortable playing the guy who thinks he's the hot shot or thinks he's the greatest and is so far from it, you know? The misguided character. That's always more interesting to me - especially with a comedy. I've always felt inside more like a character actor.
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Winnie Byanyima
Ugandan Politician
African countries lose billions every year because of tax dodging by big corporations and wealthy individuals. They lose billions more from overly generous tax incentives in a misguided belief that this is the only way to attract foreign investment.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces.
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Leslie Morgan Steiner
American Author
Our culture encourages women to nurture men, making it predictable that many experience a seductive empathy for abusive men, as well as the misguided hope that love can obliterate an ugly past.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Your character is always right. No real person thinks they're being stupid or misguided or bigoted or evil or just plain wrong - so your characters can't, either.
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Vikas Swarup
Indian Novelist
The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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Russell Means
American Activist
I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.
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Iris Murdoch
Irish Author
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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Charles Colson
American Lawyer
Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.
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