misguide
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- misguidance noun
- misguider noun
Etymology
Origin of misguide
1325–75; mis- 1 + guide; replacing Middle English misgien; guy 2
Example Sentences
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Further “speculation on any proposed rule prior to it being published,” he said, “only serves to misguide public discourse and stoke fear in those who rely on disability benefits for economic stability.”
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
As expectations about what these products should detect increase, so too do the opportunities to let them misguide us and cause us to punish or profile innocent people.
From Slate • Dec. 11, 2023
They also cloud and misguide, often creating false — but powerful and entrenched — impressions that can outweigh more objective measures.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023
“The agents guide the people, or misguide them, into going illegally,” Anil Pratham, director of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Gujarat police, said in a telephone interview.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2022
Let not dreams misguide nor any visions wrong you: That which has been, it is now as it was then.
From A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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