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misguide

[ mis-gahyd ]

/ mɪsˈgaɪd /

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verb (used with object), mis·guid·ed, mis·guid·ing.

to guide wrongly; misdirect.

Origin of misguide

1325–75; mis-¹ + guide; replacing Middle English misgien; see guy²

OTHER WORDS FROM misguide

mis·guid·ance, noun mis·guid·er, noun

Words nearby misguide

misfunction, misgender, misgive, misgiving, misgovern, misguide, misguided, mishandle, mishanter, mishap, mishawaka

Example sentences from the Web for misguide

I think we misguide ourselves when we do that and we say, “How do we get people to understand?”

Amanda Blackhorse Is ‘Confident’ Snyder Will Lose His Redskins Appeal |Robert Silverman |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Now, what possible end can be served by books like these, except to misguide and misinform?

Ephemera Critica |John Churton Collins
A tendency to undermine the best interests of the art is, however, insidiously at work to misguide the public taste.

Elementary Instruction in The Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum |D. Laurent de Lara
The pride of reason seeks to misguide men, and lead them away from God and the secrets of Nature.

Old Fritz and the New Era |Louise Muhlbach

The efforts of the wicked leaders to misguide the masses are persistent.

The Nation's Peril |Anonymous
If I be too long away, he will move without my words to misguide him.

Ambrotox and Limping Dick |Oliver Fleming

British Dictionary definitions for misguide

misguide

/ (ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd) /

verb

(tr) to guide or direct wrongly or badly

Derived forms of misguide

misguidance, noun misguider, noun