How to Use misguide in a Sentence
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Second, the props and disguises were misguided for a space as large as the Shed.
—Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
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To think that time will heal that problem is misguided.
—Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
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In her speech, Rose alleged that the media misguided her views about Trump.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 16 July 2024
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Any dismissal of the past as irrelevant to the present is misguided at best.
—Aaron Kupchik, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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Any dismissal of the past as irrelevant to the present is misguided at best.
—Aaron Kupchik, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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But to start comparing one group's pain to the other is misguided.
—NBC News, 24 Nov. 2019
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The pair had no idea how misguided these theories were.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2023
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The Ohio rapper takes a trip to the mountains to reflect on his life and living in a world misguided by social media.
—Rachel George, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2018
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Some critics of reparations by states say that while the idea is well-intentioned, it can be misguided.
—Maysoon Khan, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2023
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Chau, while misguided, was a young man who was looking for purpose and connection amid the uncertainties of the world.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
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Whoever was charged with making the day’s allotment of guacamole was also misguided in the amount of salt used.
—Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2020
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Some Republicans don’t believe the ban goes far enough: Colorado Right to Life calls the measure misguided.
—Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2019
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It wouldn’t have been misguided to hang on then — if the shares still seemed undervalued or reasonably valued.
—The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 18 June 2023
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Perhaps the hope of a Hebrew democratic republic was misguided from the start.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
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Today, trotting out the bomb to advertise goods might seem misguided at best and exploitative at worst.
—Thomas Bishop, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
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And beefing up on special teams is likely misguided in today’s NFL.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
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The rise of non-Western powers, such as China, India, and Japan in recent decades, has revealed how misguided such an approach is.
—Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Lane, though dangerously misguided, was ahead of time in recognizing the power of the gut.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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The series is ineffective as a ’70s thriller and misguided as an attempt to cover the same terrain as shows like Billions and Mr. Robot.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
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The idea that teens as young as 14 will be able to replace the labor of migrant workers, which is often difficult and dangerous, is misguided at best.
—Georgia Christakis, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
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An Adams spokesman believes press coverage of Adams’s remarks has been misguided.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Oct. 2024
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The focus: politics, misguided self-improvement, and the challenges of life with young kids and aging parents.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Newsom rejects the criticism as right-wing attacks misguided by a lack of data.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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The situation in Ukraine has shown that such optimism was misguided.
—Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
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The Victorian view of the white man’s burden—a moral duty to spread commerce and civilization around the globe, by force if necessary—was misguided.
—Wanjiru Njoya, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
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The sense that one misguided, selfish, or just flat-out reckless decision is enough to set you on a path of no return feels essential to this season of Dark Winds, which expands its cast to serve that idea.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
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But critics call the move misguided for several reasons.
—Ana Goñi-Lessan, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
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This approach to foreign policy was misguided even at the peak of American power.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
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But it would be misguided to brave Times Square’s sensory overload only to enjoy the restaurant’s concessions to blander tastes.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
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On Monday Marshall initially suggested that honing in on the cause of the crash based on preliminary evidence would be misguided.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
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