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
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Not only that, but the vast majority have also been subjected to the misguided self-perceptions of a tiny minority.
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Azhar Fateh, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Whether corporate meddling and misguided political ambitions will ever allow this franchise to become great again remains to be seen.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Many intersex individuals are also transgender—whether because they were surgically coerced into the wrong type of body in their youth, by misguided medical practitioners, or simply because many humans are born that way.
—Alicia Roth Weigel, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
This assumption is also misguided: Recent research has shown that internal competition may actually stifle innovation.
—Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2025
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Azhar Fateh, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2025
Whether corporate meddling and misguided political ambitions will ever allow this franchise to become great again remains to be seen.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Many intersex individuals are also transgender—whether because they were surgically coerced into the wrong type of body in their youth, by misguided medical practitioners, or simply because many humans are born that way.
—Alicia Roth Weigel, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
This assumption is also misguided: Recent research has shown that internal competition may actually stifle innovation.
—Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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