as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza
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Recent Examples of misguide
An Adams spokesman believes press coverage of Adams’s remarks has been misguided.
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Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
Getty Images Owning a home makes some people feel more confident about their prospects for retirement — but that may be misguided, some experts say.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
This is both an ethical and strategic issue—bad data can completely misguide a company's decision-making.
—Sarath Babu Yalavarthi, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
For the most part, Russia's policies have been purposeful, cautious, and—even when misguided—reasonably consistent.
—Andrei Shleifer, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
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Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
Getty Images Owning a home makes some people feel more confident about their prospects for retirement — but that may be misguided, some experts say.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
This is both an ethical and strategic issue—bad data can completely misguide a company's decision-making.
—Sarath Babu Yalavarthi, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
For the most part, Russia's policies have been purposeful, cautious, and—even when misguided—reasonably consistent.
—Andrei Shleifer, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misguide
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Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving regulators who approved the 737 Max.David Koenig, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Don't be fooled: the CFP's rankings are what determines whether a team will be in the playoffs.Ross Terrell, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The defendants’ last-minute attempt to rebrand their ER reboot as The Pitt is not fooling anyone.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The tools take advantage of Generative adversarial networks, which, in essence, try to trick the AI algorithm with incorrect (i.e., adversarial) data.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The stunning corruption scheme finally came to an end in September 2013, when authorities tricked his NCIS mole into thinking the most serious investigations had been closed and then invited Francis to San Diego for a meeting with Navy officials.Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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To this effect, the CDT has also in the past year filed comments urging the Federal Election Commission to address the use of misleading deepfake images by political campaigns.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Gutierrez reasoned that jurors were confused by the testimony, including with respect to economic terms, and were misled by hypotheticals.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Misguide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguide. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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