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Synonyms for misguided
mɪsˈgaɪ dɪdmis·guid·ed
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misguidedadjective
Synonyms:
erring, straying, stray, confused, errant, off, coursemisguidedadjective
ill-conceived or not thought through
Synonyms:
confused, off, straying, errant, course, erring, straymisguidedadjective
misled or mistaken
Synonyms:
straying, erring, stray, course, errant, off, confusedmisguidedadjective
lacking proper guidance
A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways
Synonyms:
course, straying, off, confused, errant, stray, erring
Princeton's WordNet
ill-conceived, misguidedadjective
poorly conceived or thought out
"an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"
Synonyms:
ill-conceived, mistakenmisguided, mistakenadjective
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
"well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
Synonyms:
ill-conceived, false, mistaken
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "misguided":
wrong, misleading, erroneous, unwise, mistaken, ill-advised, misconceived, incorrect, false, flawed, misdirected, ill-considered, injudicious
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#225 | off | |
#428 | course | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#2392 | false | |
#6878 | confused | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#18651 | stray | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#27380 | misguided | |
#43057 | unwise | |
#46349 | errant | |
#60782 | misdirected | |
#72114 | straying | |
#93409 | erring | |
#152133 | misconceived | |
#219214 | injudicious |
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:
We have not and will not agree to cooperate with Russia so long as they continue to pursue this misguided strategy, it remains our hope that Russia will see that tethering itself to a sinking ship is a losing strategy because Russia has the opportunity to change course and do the right thing. I don't know if they will.
The requests for his private tax information are not consistent with governing law, do not advance any proper legislative purpose, and threaten to interfere with the ordinary conduct of audits, we are confident that this misguided attempt to politicize the administration of the tax laws will not succeed.
We are still in the early stages of discovering what the BRRD implies in practice and the transition is going to be long, shaped by individual cases and not just by the legislation itself, it would be misguided to exclude any use of public money in future.
Today we have a great many lawmakers, not just here, but around the world, deliberately ignoring and actively surpassing science, their inclination is misguided, and in no one’s best interest.
Securing our borders and stopping illegal immigration is a matter of national security. That's why I fought so hard to defeat President Obama and the Republican establishment's Gang of 8 amnesty plan, their misguided plan would have given Obama the authority to admit Syrian refugees, including ISIS terrorists. That's just wrong.
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