misguided
adjective
mis·guid·ed
(ˌ)mis-ˈgī-dəd 
: led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals
well-meaning but misguided do-gooders
Examples of misguided in a Sentence
She's been getting a lot of bad advice from misguided friends.
He blames the crisis on the government's misguided economic policies.
a misguided attempt to help
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The Jazz scored 20 points in the last three minutes, taking advantage of a couple misguided Warriors fouls and getting out in transition behind rim protection from Walker Kessler.
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Challenges to higher education posed by the new Trump Administration (as well as from the far left and right of the political spectrum) include misguided assaults on admissions policies, educational curricula, endowment support, research priorities, and freedom of expression.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
The drama, produced by AMC Studios, is set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, amid misguided corporate cultures, moony innovation labs and cutthroat private high schools.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
And much progress has been achieved in the years since President Bush’s 2001 decision to withdraw from the misguided 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2025
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Challenges to higher education posed by the new Trump Administration (as well as from the far left and right of the political spectrum) include misguided assaults on admissions policies, educational curricula, endowment support, research priorities, and freedom of expression.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
The drama, produced by AMC Studios, is set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, amid misguided corporate cultures, moony innovation labs and cutthroat private high schools.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
And much progress has been achieved in the years since President Bush’s 2001 decision to withdraw from the misguided 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Misguided.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misguided. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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