Examples of misdirect in a Sentence
Their mail was misdirected to our address.
If he tells you he's not interested, he's trying to misdirect you.
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The whole concept that a cop would purposefully misdirect an entire town and her family about where a girl died because something looked vaguely weird about the boys on the boat with her is absurd, and again, there was proof of that anyway, which everyone seemed content to ignore.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Seek clarification in cases where recognition is misdirected.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
This sounds like a possible link to spy craft or missile warning, but there's a chance Chinese officials approved the patches to misdirect outside observers, or there's no connection at all.
—ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
The capacity to misdirect, in Biden’s case, or mislead, as happened under Trump, illustrates one of the magical features of the White House: the ability of a president to conceal himself in plain sight.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Seek clarification in cases where recognition is misdirected.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
This sounds like a possible link to spy craft or missile warning, but there's a chance Chinese officials approved the patches to misdirect outside observers, or there's no connection at all.
—ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
The capacity to misdirect, in Biden’s case, or mislead, as happened under Trump, illustrates one of the magical features of the White House: the ability of a president to conceal himself in plain sight.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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“Misdirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdirect. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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misdirect
verb
mis·di·rect
ˌmis-də-ˈrekt 
-(ˌ)dī-
: to direct incorrectly
misdirection
noun
-ˈrek-shən
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