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misguidance

misguidance

1 7.1
Wrong advice or information that makes someone make a bad decision
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdəns/
translation icon : desinformación
  • Examples should be carefully made so as to avoid misguidance.

Guess some misguidance on how tight the GPU cooler should be mounted to the card itself.

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Examples

  • Let us correct the mistakes and misguidance and bring the next generation of aspiring filmmakers back to reality, back to the essentials.

    Blog text (10)
  • The teacher's misguidance in the science project led the students to misinterpret the experiment's results.

  • There can be a lot of misguidance and a lot of our society likes to follow a platform.

  • For too many, thought is considered a vacant entity, but this is misguidance.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The team acknowledged that their previous statements were filled with misguidance, leading to poor decisions.

  • She realized that the book she read was full of misguidance, causing her to act on incorrect beliefs.

Synonyms

misinformation
vsmisguidance
63 4.6

Information that is wrong and shared by mistake

focuses on advice that causes wrong decisions rather than accidental false facts
misdirection
vsmisguidance
3 7.0

Wrong directions or instructions that make people do the wrong thing

is broader, covering advice or information that causes wrong decisions
a bum steer
vsmisguidance
  • Archaic
1 9.4

Bad advice or directions that make you go the wrong way

is the neutral term used in formal contexts for wrong advice or information
misframing
vsmisguidance
  • Jargon
8.3

Giving information in a misleading way that makes people misunderstand it

is about giving wrong advice or information that causes wrong decisions rather than presentation
misleadingness
vsmisguidance
9.0

The quality of making people believe something that is not true

is the concrete act of giving wrong advice that causes wrong decisions

Antonyms

248 2.1

Help or advice that someone gives to decide what to do

How Accurate

sage advice
6 4.2
guidance
248 2.1
misguidance
1 7.1

Surface Forms

misguidance singular
misguidances plural

Morphology

misguidance = guidance (transparent) = mis + guide + ance

Simple and regular negative prefix 'mis-' applied to the familiar noun 'guidance', so the meaning 'bad or incorrect guidance' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word misguidance comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and guide meaning 'to lead' or 'show the way', like a 'tour guide'. So misguidance is like being 'led the wrong way', which explains why it means bad or misleading advice that leads someone to make a wrong decision.