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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If you were approved for unemployment insurance payments but have not received them, they may have been misdirected to another address.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Seminole sports facility funds are misdirected Seminole County collected $102 million in one-cent sales tax in 2024.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Nearly a third of the forces got separated and misdirected.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Direct deposit fraud represents less than one-hundredth of one percent of benefits that are misdirected, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 May 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Seminole sports facility funds are misdirected Seminole County collected $102 million in one-cent sales tax in 2024.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Nearly a third of the forces got separated and misdirected.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Direct deposit fraud represents less than one-hundredth of one percent of benefits that are misdirected, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 May 2025
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“Misdirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdirect. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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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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