misguided attempt

collocation in English

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misguided
adjective
uk
/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪ.dɪd/us
/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪ.dɪd/
unreasonable or unsuitable because of being based on bad judgment or on wrong information ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofmisguidedandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Indeed, the science of comparative anatomy as a whole was amisguidedattemptto "coordinate and classify" the immensity of nature.
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Another distraction arose from amisguidedattemptto increase rural iron production.
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Taking away the script, in somemisguidedattemptto liberate me (a liberation no actor has ever asked for), would not be freedom, it would be sabotage.
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The introduction of a new regional tier is amisguidedattemptat economic planning over very large areas.
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I felt that it was somewhat unnecessary to make amisguidedattemptto introduce party politics into an atmosphere of unanimity.
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Fear of federalism has led to amisguidedattemptto spell out all the minutiae without providing adequate machinery for the resolution of conflicts.
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That would be a whollymisguidedattemptat a solution to my mind.
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The unemployment caused by thismisguidedattemptat saving will run right through the newspaper industry.
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To extend the scheme to small ports is amisguidedattemptto cure the disease by spreading the infection.
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In other words, he would find himself faced with the prospect of paying costs of either party in the ill-judged andmisguidedattempt.
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What's at work is probably not anti-semitism, but amisguidedattemptat objectivity.
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Brink calls fair trade amisguidedattemptto make up for market failures encouraging market inefficiencies and overproduction.
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But amisguidedattemptat humor brought him dangerously close to insulting the young beauty.
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Chibnall describes the flower power imagery as what seems like a desperate andmisguidedattemptto suggest the hipness of a genre which had largely fallen out of favour.
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It is a degenerate andmisguidedattemptto destroy the real use of the film and can not be accepted as coming within the true boundaries of the cinema.
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They are misguided attempts to refine this stock appreciation.
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The time of staff, governors and parents and fund-raising efforts are taken up not with helping the school but with fighting misguided attempts to abolish it.
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In extreme cases, in remote areas, all of these misguided attempts at treatment have resulted in injuries far worse than an otherwise mild to moderate snakebite.
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The first two acts are devoted to their squalid living conditions and the well-meaning but misguided attempts of a charity worker to alleviate their situation with platitudes.
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