"misguide" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misguides [present, singular, third-person], misguiding [participle, present], misguided [participle, past], misguided [past]
Etymology: From mis- + guide. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|guide}} mis- + guide Head templates: {{en-verb}} misguide (third-person singular simple present misguides, present participle misguiding, simple past and past participle misguided)
  1. (transitive) To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error. Tags: transitive Synonyms: mislead Hyponyms: misinform
    Sense id: en-misguide-en-verb--BmzsaZ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misguide meaning in English (1.9kB)

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