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misguidedness

misguidedness

1 7.2
A state of having wrong ideas that lead people to make bad choices
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪdnəs/
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  • 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.

Examples

  • 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.

  • Wanted to show you the misguidedness of indulging in gang behavior.

  • 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.

  • We must recognize our misguidedness in thinking that our assumptions were always correct.

Synonyms

misunderstanding
vsmisguidedness
243 1.6

When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem

refers to the lasting quality of being led by wrong ideas rather than a single situation
delusion
vsmisguidedness
199 6.7

A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true

is a broader state of being misled rather than intense, fixed false conviction
fallacy
vsmisguidedness
94 7.2

A wrong belief that comes from bad reasoning

covers being guided by wrong ideas, not only faulty logic
misconception
vsmisguidedness
75 4.2

An idea that is not true because people understand something wrongly

is the overall quality of following wrong ideas rather than a single wrong view
misperception
vsmisguidedness
12 6.8

A wrong idea about something

is the broader trait of being led by wrong ideas rather than one misread
misjudgment
vsmisguidedness
  • US
9 3.6

A wrong decision about a person or situation

is about the general condition of following wrong ideas rather than one wrong decision
misapprehension
vsmisguidedness
5 7.5

A wrong idea about what something means

is the wider condition of following wrong ideas, not only one misunderstanding
false belief
vsmisguidedness
3 5.6

An idea that is not true because of wrong thinking or misunderstanding

is the general condition of following wrong ideas rather than one wrong idea
misimpression
vsmisguidedness
3 7.5

A wrong idea someone has about something

is the ongoing quality of being guided by wrong ideas rather than a brief thought
wrongness
vsmisguidedness
1 5.4

A state of being not correct based on facts

adds the element of being influenced by wrong beliefs or ideas
erroneous belief
vsmisguidedness
1 6.5

A belief based on false information

is the state of being led by wrong ideas rather than a single belief
incorrectness
vsmisguidedness
1 5.2

The state of being wrong or not matching the facts

adds the sense of following wrong ideas rather than just factual error
misconstruction
vsmisguidedness
1 8.3

A wrong idea about what someone said or meant

is the broader tendency to hold wrong ideas rather than one false reading
wrongheadedness
vsmisguidedness
1 8.6

A strong refusal to change mistaken opinions even when there is evidence

is the quality of being misled, without necessarily implying stubbornness
misbelief
vsmisguidedness
7.0

An idea that is wrong

refers to the broader condition of being guided by wrong ideas
mistakenness
vsmisguidedness
8.0

A state of being wrong about an idea or fact

is similar but focuses on being led by wrong ideas specifically
erroneousness
vsmisguidedness
8.5

A state of being wrong

specifies being led by wrong ideas rather than mere incorrectness
miscomprehension
vsmisguidedness
7.9

A failure to understand something correctly

is the larger tendency to be guided by wrong beliefs rather than a single failure
misprise
vsmisguidedness
  • Archaic
9.9

A wrong idea about something because a person did not understand it

is the general condition of being influenced by wrong ideas rather than one error
misconstrual
vsmisguidedness
9.3

A wrong idea about what someone says or does

is the overall state of being misled by wrong ideas rather than a single misread

Antonyms

The ability to make sensible, careful decisions

Able to think calmly and logically without confusion or distraction

How Reasonable

misguidedness
1 7.2
poor decision
11 3.5
irrationality
12 6.2

Surface Forms

misguidedness singular

Morphology

misguidedness = misguided (transparent) = misguided + ness

The noun is a regular abstract noun formed by adding '-ness' to the adjective 'misguided', whose meaning is directly predictable from the productive prefix 'mis-' plus the verb 'guide'.

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.