misleared

chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misleared
Adjective
  • Thank you Hallie for thinking of me and putting my name in your stupid brother's ear.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • That would have been a stupid question just about anywhere else, but the exhibition was by Laura Owens, a painter with a penchant for trickery, and the venue was Matthew Marks Gallery in New York, whose press release for Owens’s latest outing offered little in the way of explanation.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The main point is to avoid being discourteous of the people behind us by letting the door close in their respective faces.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Repetitive verbal abuse, exploitation, name-calling, physical bullying, and other mean behaviors that repeatedly demean players are not only discourteous and wrong, but also will eventually take a heavy toll on them.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024
Adjective
  • And your only question is how to deal with an ungracious host?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • To have remained stone silent was ungracious.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
Adjective
  • But the football field breeds impolite behavior, on every snap actually.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Many filmmakers try to disguise their less socially acceptable prejudices, their impolite fears, dislikes and worse, but Lynch always seemed unafraid or maybe uninterested or just unaware about what others thought of his uglier visions.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And in their place? Recommended Respect An uncivil union: Can America break its addiction to violent rhetoric?
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Be prepared to openly and frequently discuss what behaviors are acceptable and unacceptable and promptly address uncivil behaviors.
    Sandy Harvey, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Your friend is not a rude person; therefore, if their camera appears to be pointing your way, that must be a mistake.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Another thing the two women have in common: rude, moody, older boyfriends.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Misleared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misleared. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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