misguided policy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmisguidedandpolicy
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withpolicy.
misguided
adjective
uk/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪ.dɪd/us/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪ.dɪd/
unreasonable or unsuitable because of being based on bad judgment or on wrong information ...
See more atmisguided
policy
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
See more atpolicy
(Definition ofmisguidedandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmisguided policy
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
It represents an aggressive andmisguidedpolicy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To increase immigration at such an undesirable social and economic time was a mostmisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, to tax oil in order to increase the quantity of coal consumed is amisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thismisguidedpolicywas a further example of the universities' failure to meet the changing needs of society in the field of engineering.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is amisguidedpolicy; it is a tragic thing.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Does he have any sympathy with older hospitals, much loved by their patients, which face closure as a result of thatmisguidedpolicy?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is hard to imagine a moremisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I opposed deregulation then and still believe that it was a profoundlymisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I wonder if the boomerang effect which thatmisguidedpolicyis now having on our trade is sufficiently appreciated.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a bad andmisguidedpolicy, for as the condition gets worse the amount of money needed becomes greater.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Themisguidedpolicywhich was hatched at that time has resulted to a large extent in a great deal of the disaster which has happened to our country since.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
And is this not amisguidedpolicy, in view of the fact that in all probability an even greater number than 6,000 families will have to be rehoused?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Then why proceed with thismisguidedpolicy?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is very healthy for the nation as a whole: it is an enormous strength for this country—a strength that should not be put at risk bymisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I say that this ismisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It would be amisguidedpolicy.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is also in such merchant states that a rapacious state or misguided policies are most likely to cause harm to and alienate the peasantry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The total effort to undo all of the misguided policies that have accumulated over the years is a large multiple of the resources needed to fix just industrial promotion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They had to spend more and more on mopping up the failures that their misguided policies created.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We wish to alleviate the problems they face because of the misguided policies of their leader.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofmisguided
Go to the definition ofpolicy
See other collocations withpolicy