misdirect
misdirect
Definition
mis·di·rect (mis′də rekt′)
transitive verb
to direct wrongly or badly; specif.,
- to aim (a blow, etc.) badly
- to address (a letter) incorrectly
- to give incorrect instructions to, esp. as a judge to a jury
mis′·di·rec′·tion (-rek′s̸hən) noun
misdirect
Synonyms
misdirect
Usage Examples
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.
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