misguided

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misguided

/(ˌ)mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ UK
/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ US

Rhymes with -aɪdɪd

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From misguide + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

adjective more misguided · most misguided

Of a person: lacking proper guidance; misled or mistaken in one's actions or thinking. But I truſt I ſhall have ſpoken Perſvvaſion to abundance of ſenſible and ingenuous Men; […] to ſtay theſe ruinous Proceedings, juſtly and timely fearing to vvhat a Precipice of Deſtruction the deluge of this epidemic Madneſs vvould hurry us, through the general defection of a miſguided and abus'd Mu
Similar: erring, errant, off course, addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled · Opposite: unmisguided
Of a plan, policy, etc.: not properly planned or thought through; ill-conceived. I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government's restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.
obsolete Of a government, etc.: mismanaged, misruled.
obsolete Of a person: behaving badly; immoral. Fred[erick]. Traytor, doſt dravv upon thy Prince? / Cur[tius]. Your Pardon Sir, I meant it on a Raviſher. / A foul miſguided Villain. / One that ſcarce merits the brave name of Man. / One that betrays his friend, forſakes his VVife; / And vvould commit a Rape upon my Miſtreſs.
obsolete Poorly educated or trained. Select, also, and trail to the wall, a few scions from the old remaining branches, as an autumn supply—say one to every foot, and placed as if in fan-training. Thus misguided apple and pear-trees may be recovered in a very few years.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of misguide

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ill-conceived, wrong, mistaken, foolish, ill-considered, incorrect, inaccurate, misconceived, wrongful, injudicious, ill-advised, improper, erroneous, inappropriate, untoward, ill-informed

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adj of a person: lacking proper guidance; misled or mistaken in one’s actions or thinking

Español	desacertado, desatinado, descarriado, errado, insensato
Français	errant, malavisé
Deutsch	fehlgeleitet
Română	eronat, greșit
עברית	תועה

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@misc{misguided_2026,
  title = {misguided},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misguided},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}