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
And digital health experienced this recently as well, with one popular report garnering attention for claiming that the therapies don’t work while essentially repeating the mistakes of prior misguided analyses.
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Omar Manejwala, STAT, 22 May 2024
Plus, there are the unfortunate, uh, accents throughout, which evoke Earthbound stereotypes that feel terribly misguided.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 May 2024
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Omar Manejwala, STAT, 22 May 2024
Plus, there are the unfortunate, uh, accents throughout, which evoke Earthbound stereotypes that feel terribly misguided.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for misguided
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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