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- Dictionarymis·guid·ed/ˌmisˈɡīdəd/
adjective
- 1. having or showing faulty judgment or reasoning: "misguided attempts to promote political correctness" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of MISGUIDED is led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals. How to use misguided in a sentence.
unreasonable or unsuitable because of being based on a bad judgment of a situation or on information or beliefs that are wrong: "The Red Shoes" was a misguided attempt to turn a ballet film into a musical.
MISGUIDED meaning: 1. unreasonable or unsuitable because of being based on bad judgment or on wrong information or…. Learn more.
Misguided is a polite way to say "a really dumb decision or belief." Your choice to go swimming in the ocean during a hurricane would definitely be considered misguided, and so would your decision to join the mountain climbing team if you are afraid of heights.
Misguided definition: misled; mistaken. See examples of MISGUIDED used in a sentence.
If you describe an opinion or plan as misguided, you are critical of it because you think it is based on an incorrect idea. You can also describe people as misguided. In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness.
verb. mis· guide ˌmis-ˈgīd. misguided; misguiding; misguides. Synonyms of misguide. transitive verb. : to lead astray : misdirect. prejudice misguides our minds. misguider noun. Synonyms. bamboozle. beguile. bluff. buffalo. burn. catch. con. cozen. deceive. delude. dupe. fake out. fool. gaff. gammon. gull.
