misdirected
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ussentto thewrongplace:
misdirectedemails/calls
used in a way that is notrightorlegal:
misdirectedpayments/funds/money
Examplesofmisdirected
misdirected
Guesses to its location weremisdirectedby a name in common with a mining town 320 km away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unfortunately, in terms of active force integration, this wealth of operational experience wasmisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This season features 14misdirectedyoung men willing to change their lives and become gentlemen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yet his efforts are purposeless and his adventuresmisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His name is a pun on the wordmisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lost ormisdirectedluggage is more likely if the journey has several legs, involving changing planes once or more.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only a small fraction of the resource being transferred is wasted, lost, ormisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His conclusion stated, yourmisdirectedarguments have needlessly confused public discussion of genuine long-term security concerns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And if they follow that belief they will bemisdirectedsuch as in magic.
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- know-like-the-back-of-your-hand
- known
- known cause
- known compound
- known concentration
- known deposit
- known disease
- known factor
- known function
- known gene
- known hazard
- known history
- known instance
- known location
- known mechanism
- known object
- known particle
- known particle
- known quantity
- known reference
- known risk
- known source
- known species