to misguide
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4.3
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd/
:
desinformar
- All the talk in Washington about creating green jobs is ephemeral wishful thinking; it misguides the public, and the House plan rightly does not go down that route.
Examples
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Beware of service costs that may misguide you when finding a quality dentist to consult.
Blog text (1) -
As I said, liberalism misguides people.
Blog text (2) -
I allowed a moment of sentiment to misguide me, sir.
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And propaganda is one of the greatest tools ever invented to misguide people into doing things against their own better interests.
Blog text (31) -
The handbook states you should secure a prepaid phone to misguide their collection efforts.
Blog text (33) -
If chosen too conservatively, they can misguide the selection of both coupling types and their elastomeric materials.
Academic text (1996) -
The devastating consequences of the policy of restraint show that strategic concepts can misguide policy for long periods and even in different arenas.
Academic text (2007) -
When actual spectators around us misguide us, the ideal spectator inside us enables us to reflect impartially on our world, independent of actual social opinion.
Academic text (2001) -
Crisp gives the impression of one who has survived a toxic (or diabolic) dustbowl: Satan, he remarked, "hath raised a foul dust to misguide poor wretches."
Academic text (2006) -
Many advertisements are designed to misguide consumers into making poor choices.
Synonyms
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3.9
Make someone believe something that is not true
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4.8
To give someone wrong information, often by mistake
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5.5
To make someone go the wrong way, behave badly, or believe things that are not true
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6.0
To send someone the wrong way or give wrong directions
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8.1
To teach someone wrong information that can cause harm
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7.9
Tell someone the wrong thing to do
Give someone wrong information when explaining something
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Etymology
Misguide is made from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word guide, which means 'to lead' or 'to show the way'. So, to misguide someone is to lead them the wrong way or give them bad advice.