misdirect

Object

• jury: They ruled that the trial judge had misdirected the jury on crucial scientific evidence.
• mail: Manufacturer is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, or misdirected mail.
• effort: I don't think we should praise, positive, but misdirected, effort too highly.
• pass: But Euell laid off as he sought to get forward, and his misdirected pass flew straight to Henry.
• policy: Misdirected competition policy is one way to force " can-do " Britain out of the race.
• entry: Translink accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected entries.

Preposition: as

• result: Are policies and policy research being misdirected as a result?

Modifying Another Word

• not: The legacy of his work across the world proves that his faith and his efforts were not misdirected.
• somewhat: However, his defense of the Authorized Version is somewhat misdirected.
• also: However, blaming globalization for the consequences diverts attention from such criminal misdeeds and also misdirects analysis of their underlying causes.
• gravely: By February, 1967, she was convinced that the study was being gravely misdirected.
• badly: The Darwen number 6 snatched at his left footed shot which was, consequently, badly misdirected.
• much: But then he read the Greenstar brochure and knew that what he ought to feel was anger at so much misdirected goodwill and effort.