"misguided" meaning in English

See misguided in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misguided.wav Forms: more misguided [comparative], most misguided [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} misguided (comparative more misguided, superlative most misguided)
  1. Ill-conceived or not thought through.
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  2. Misled or mistaken.
    Sense id: en-misguided-en-adj-NwMrZuiA
  3. Lacking proper guidance. Synonyms (lacking proper guidance): stray, straying, erring, errant, confused, off course Translations (lacking proper guidance): заблуден (zabluden) (Bulgarian), errant [masculine] (French), fehlgeleitet (German), תועה [feminine, masculine] (Hebrew), aimhleasach (Irish), aimhleasta (Irish), éidreorach (Irish), éigiallda (Irish), gan chiall (Irish), iomrallach (Irish), místiúrtha (Irish), seachránach (Irish), за́блуден (zábluden) (Macedonian), eronat (Romanian), greșit (Romanian), yanlış yönlendirilmiş (english: misled) (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-misguided-en-adj-cjBawxAm Disambiguation of 'lacking proper guidance': 4 1 95 Disambiguation of 'lacking proper guidance': 4 1 95

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misguided.wav
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  1. simple past and past participle of misguide Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: misguide
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