misguided
adjective
mis·guid·ed
(ˌ)mis-ˈgī-dəd 
: led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals
well-meaning but misguided do-gooders
Examples of misguided in a Sentence
She's been getting a lot of bad advice from misguided friends.
He blames the crisis on the government's misguided economic policies.
a misguided attempt to help
Recent Examples on the Web
The film is at its most tantalizing when focusing on landscapes and harsh terrains, as though the camera were embodying a sense of misguided adventure.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 30 Apr. 2024
After 9/11, Washington put great effort into a war of ideas, designed to combat extremist and Islamist ideas across the region, an approach that, however misguided, did require significant investment in survey research and careful attention to Arab media and emerging social media.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
Third Way, which may be centrist but is firmly Democratic, viewed this as a misguided effort that could affect the election for Biden and help to re-elect Trump.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Deeply misguided incentives in California’s climate program.
—Darvin Bentlage, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
The toxic cane toads, in fact, were set loose in Australia deliberately, in what would turn out to be a deeply misguided attempt to control pest beetles.
—Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
But the fresh-faced boss of an upstart French challenger to OpenAI thinks ominous warnings of artificial superintelligence could be the result of a misguided God complex.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 12 Apr. 2024
This occurs, in part, because of miseducation and the stubborn prevalence of these misguided beliefs.
—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
But the Huskies had lost their way with NCAA sanctions and a misguided pursuit of college football riches that precipitated a move from the Big East to the mid-major American Athletic Conference.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 30 Apr. 2024
After 9/11, Washington put great effort into a war of ideas, designed to combat extremist and Islamist ideas across the region, an approach that, however misguided, did require significant investment in survey research and careful attention to Arab media and emerging social media.
—Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2024
Third Way, which may be centrist but is firmly Democratic, viewed this as a misguided effort that could affect the election for Biden and help to re-elect Trump.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024
Deeply misguided incentives in California’s climate program.
—Darvin Bentlage, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
The toxic cane toads, in fact, were set loose in Australia deliberately, in what would turn out to be a deeply misguided attempt to control pest beetles.
—Emily Anthes Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
But the fresh-faced boss of an upstart French challenger to OpenAI thinks ominous warnings of artificial superintelligence could be the result of a misguided God complex.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 12 Apr. 2024
This occurs, in part, because of miseducation and the stubborn prevalence of these misguided beliefs.
—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
But the Huskies had lost their way with NCAA sanctions and a misguided pursuit of college football riches that precipitated a move from the Big East to the mid-major American Athletic Conference.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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