to misdirect

Examples

• All

• Your faux outrage is misdirected.

  Blog text (8)

• Disclaimers are common practice, but no one should expect them to offer much of a defense should an e-mail be carelessly misdirected.

  Academic text (2003)

• We're sorry you were misdirected.

  Blog text (3)

• Most of the discussion of federal budget issues today is misdirected.

  Blog text (19)

• With lawyers relying on email to communicate with clients and to get things done, it is very likely that a privileged message will be misdirected.

  Academic text (2005)

• The surveys, which were addressed to Physical Education Coordinators, may have been misdirected to someone else in the building (e.g., athletic director).

  Academic text (2004)

• When the email was misdirected, it ended up in the spam folder instead of reaching its intended recipient.

• He realized he had misdirected his efforts by not checking the address before sending the letter.

Synonyms

M

to misdeliver

vsto misdirect

1 6.8

To give a letter or package by mistake to the wrong place

send something to the wrong place by using an incorrect location

M

to misaddress

vsto misdirect

7.7

To write the wrong delivery details on a letter or package

send something to the wrong place by using an incorrect location

Antonyms

R

to redirect

67 3.7

Send people, things, or attention somewhere else to change focus

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology