MISGUIDED


Meaning of MISGUIDED in English

mis ‧ guid ‧ ed /mɪsˈɡaɪdəd, mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . intended to be helpful but in fact making a situation worse:

He described the government’s economic policy as misguided.

a misguided attempt to bring her parents back together

2 . a misguided idea or opinion is wrong because it is based on a wrong understanding of a situation:

His parents still clung to the misguided belief that his common sense would keep him out of serious trouble.

—misguidedly adverb :

The company misguidedly thought that expansion was the best way to survive.

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THESAURUS

▪ wrong not correct or right – used about facts, answers etc, or people:

For every wrong answer, you lose five points.

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The figure he gave me was wrong.

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I think you’re wrong about that.

▪ incorrect something that is incorrect is wrong because someone has made a mistake. Incorrect is more formal than wrong :

I’m afraid these prices are incorrect.

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The doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis.

▪ inaccurate something that is inaccurate is not exactly right and contains mistakes:

inaccurate information

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inaccurate measurements

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The old maps were often inaccurate.

▪ false not based on true facts:

Are the following statements true or false?

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He was accused of giving false information to the police.

▪ untrue [not usually before noun] not based on true facts, especially because someone is lying or guessing:

I can’t believe he said that about me. It’s completely untrue!

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The allegations were untrue.

▪ misleading a misleading statement or piece of information makes people believe something that is wrong, especially because it does not give all the facts:

The article was very misleading.

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misleading statistics

▪ misguided a misguided decision, belief, action etc is wrong because it is based on bad judgement or understanding:

That decision seems misguided now.

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It was the consequence of a misguided economic policy.

▪ mistaken wrong – used about ideas and beliefs. Also used about a person being wrong. You’re mistaken sounds more polite and less direct than saying you’re wrong :

She’s completely mistaken if she thinks that I don’t care about her.

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a mistaken belief

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.