"misdirective" meaning in English

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        "2": "mis",
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      "expansion": "mis- + directive",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + directive. Attested since the 19th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more misdirective",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most misdirective",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
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      "expansion": "misdirective (comparative more misdirective, superlative most misdirective)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1846 April 4, The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, page 222:",
          "text": "It appears to me that the designation radio-thermal is not only inappropriate, but misdirective, and calculated to put in doubt (without cause, I admit) the correctness of Mr. M.'s views.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of misleading"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "misleading",
          "misleading#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
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          "word": "misleading"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misdirective"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
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      },
      "expansion": "mis- + directive",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + directive. Attested since the 19th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more misdirective",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most misdirective",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "misdirective (comparative more misdirective, superlative most misdirective)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1846 April 4, The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, page 222:",
          "text": "It appears to me that the designation radio-thermal is not only inappropriate, but misdirective, and calculated to put in doubt (without cause, I admit) the correctness of Mr. M.'s views.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of misleading"
      ],
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        [
          "misleading",
          "misleading#English"
        ]
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  "word": "misdirective"
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