MISDIRECT


Meaning of MISDIRECT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪsdɪrekt, -daɪr- ]

( misdirects, misdirecting, misdirected)

1.

If resources or efforts are misdirected , they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes.

Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

• mis‧di‧rect‧ed

...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop.

ADJ

2.

If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction.

He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.

VERB : V n

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