misdirected
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ussentto thewrongplace:
misdirectedemails/calls
used in a way that is notrightorlegal:
misdirectedpayments/funds/money
Examplesofmisdirected
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Guesses to its location weremisdirectedby a name in common with a mining town 320 km away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unfortunately, in terms of active force integration, this wealth of operational experience wasmisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This season features 14misdirectedyoung men willing to change their lives and become gentlemen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yet his efforts are purposeless and his adventuresmisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His name is a pun on the wordmisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lost ormisdirectedluggage is more likely if the journey has several legs, involving changing planes once or more.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only a small fraction of the resource being transferred is wasted, lost, ormisdirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His conclusion stated, yourmisdirectedarguments have needlessly confused public discussion of genuine long-term security concerns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And if they follow that belief they will bemisdirectedsuch as in magic.
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