Examples of misdirect in a Sentence
Their mail was misdirected to our address.
If he tells you he's not interested, he's trying to misdirect you.
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Once activated, this kit sends out fake locations, causing the car's GPS to display a false map and misdirect the driver entirely.
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Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But some believe the club’s money and expertise is being misdirected.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
All of that is just really misdirected and contrary to the positions of major medical associations and public health associations.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
The goal of that litigation is simple: use speculative and specious legal theories to convince a jury that chain pharmacies and distribution companies should foot the bill for fixing years of ineffective and misdirected city programs and absent public health leadership.
—Lauren Sheets Jarrell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
But some believe the club’s money and expertise is being misdirected.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
All of that is just really misdirected and contrary to the positions of major medical associations and public health associations.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
The goal of that litigation is simple: use speculative and specious legal theories to convince a jury that chain pharmacies and distribution companies should foot the bill for fixing years of ineffective and misdirected city programs and absent public health leadership.
—Lauren Sheets Jarrell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Misdirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdirect. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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misdirect
verb
mis·di·rect
ˌmis-də-ˈrekt 
-(ˌ)dī-
: to direct incorrectly
misdirection
noun
-ˈrek-shən
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