misguidedly
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6.4
- adverb
- /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪdli/
:
erróneamente
- She misguidedly thought that ignoring the problem would make it go away.
Examples
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The manager misguidedly assumed that all employees were satisfied with their working conditions.
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Many people misguidedly believe that success comes only from luck rather than hard work.
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Suppose you were misguidedly to give your own child poison.
Academic text (1998) -
These men had household names and and the newspaper strips got smaller and smaller and smaller for newspapers to misguidedly save space.
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Thus, agency decisions to allow such activities create the very social realities that agency decision-makers misguidedly assume already exist.
Academic text (1991) -
Misguidedly, my dad made comments about how I wasn't the most attractive girl out there, so I had to make up for it in other ways.
Blog text (28) -
I misguidedly let her get three Hibs, three polios, and, by 18 months, four DTaPs.
Blog text (19) -
The film misguidedly aims for high drama over Batista's disappointment with a $450,000 signing bonus.
Blog text (11) -
When I fell down the stairs a few days ago, I misguidedly tried to work out which failing body part had caused the tumble when, presumably, I should have been adjusting my attitude instead: a much more effective way to prevent further falls.
Blog text (26) -
People who write beautifully but misguidedly on this topic believe that the myth is needed and helpful precisely because, for a time, at any rate, children may be striving to believe irrationally or because they actually are believing irrationally.
Blog text (12)
Synonyms
65
2.7
In a way that is not correct or fair
55
3.1
In a wrong way because someone made an error
28
2.8
In a way that shows poor judgment
24
3.0
In a way that shows bad judgment or not being smart
12
6.7
In a mistaken way
5
4.1
In a way that shows poor judgment
4
5.1
In a way that shows you do not know or understand something
3
6.3
In a very foolish way that shows bad judgment
1
6.8
In a way that does not follow clear thinking
1
8.0
In a wrong or wandering way that strays from what is expected
1
8.4
In a wrong way because of a false belief that leads to wrong conclusions
In a way that keeps believing a bad idea despite clear facts
In a way that shows poor thinking or little care
Antonyms
How Reasonable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misguidedly comes from mis- meaning 'wrong' and guide meaning 'to lead'. So to act misguidedly is to be 'led the wrong way', which is why it means doing something with poor judgment or based on wrong beliefs.