misguidedness
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪdnəs/
- The misguidedness of believing everything he saw on social media caused him a lot of trouble.
You mentioned the prescription of antibiotics and, you know, kind of the, the misguidedness of that in the midst of all of this.
- You mentioned the prescription of antibiotics and, you know, kind of the, the misguidedness of that in the midst of all of this.
Examples
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God, I would think, loves or does not love homosexuality as He does heterosexuality... they are amoral conditions, and how they are used determines their goodness or misguidedness.
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Since Sonja retired, I am a lot more free to push my environmental interests without ongoing critique of my motives and supposed misguidedness. I've signed my department up to the 10:10 campaign and have a task force of staff and students involved in it.
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You mentioned the prescription of antibiotics and, you know, kind of the, the misguidedness of that in the midst of all of this.
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Wanted to show you the misguidedness of indulging in gang behavior.
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Since Sonja retired, I am a lot more free to push my environmental interests without ongoing critique of my motives and supposed misguidedness. I've signed my department up to the 10:10 campaign.
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His misguidedness led him to make poor decisions that affected his future.
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We must recognize our misguidedness in thinking that our assumptions were always correct.
Synonyms
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true
A wrong belief that comes from bad reasoning
An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly
A wrong idea about something
A wrong decision about a person or situation
A wrong idea about what something means
An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding
A wrong idea someone has about something
A state of being not correct based on facts
A belief based on false information
The state of being wrong or not matching the facts
A wrong idea about what someone said or meant
A strong refusal to change mistaken opinions even when there is evidence
An idea that is wrong
A state of being wrong about an idea or fact
A state of being wrong
A failure to understand something correctly
A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it
A wrong idea about what someone says or does
Antonyms
How Reasonable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misguidedness is made of the parts mis- meaning 'wrong', guide meaning 'to lead', and -ness meaning 'state'. So it is the 'state of being led the wrong way' or having wrong ideas, which explains why it means the quality of being mistaken.