adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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If that was your misguided attempt to make an appealing, heart-rending entrance into my life, you've failed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Coleman was acting out of misguided jealousy.
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It was another of his misguided attempts to save money.
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The proposal is a misguided government effort to help the poor.
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The taxes were introduced in the misguided belief that they would reduce foreign competition.
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These decision now seem misguided , if not downright wrong.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But deaths and injuries still occurred, and blame continued to be attached to ineffective, unfocused or misguided practice.
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Facing the truth about a misguided decision can cause senior managers to lose a good deal of sleep.
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I fear for the world and for that misguided man who crossed my path in such a bruising way yesterday and Friday.
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If that was your misguided attempt to make an appealing, heart-rending entrance into my life, you've failed.
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In an act of admirable but ultimately misguided loyalty, the national coach Andy Roxburgh stood by his dispirited keeper.
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The misguided enthusiasm spilt over into the most prestigious of journals.
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The incompetent or misguided general had been dismissed.