Synonyms for misguided
mɪsˈgaɪ dɪdmis·guid·ed

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1. misguidedadjective

   Synonyms:
   erring, straying, stray, confused, errant, off, course

2. misguidedadjective

   ill-conceived or not thought through

   Synonyms:
   confused, off, straying, errant, course, erring, stray

3. misguidedadjective

   misled or mistaken

   Synonyms:
   straying, erring, stray, course, errant, off, confused

4. misguidedadjective

   lacking proper guidance

   A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

   Synonyms:
   course, straying, off, confused, errant, stray, erring

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1. ill-conceived, misguidedadjective

   poorly conceived or thought out

   "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"

   Synonyms:
   ill-conceived, mistaken

   Antonyms:
   right, wise

2. misguided, mistakenadjective

   wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

   "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"

   Synonyms:
   ill-conceived, false, mistaken

   Antonyms:
   wise, right

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1. List of paraphrases for "misguided":

   wrong, misleading, erroneous, unwise, mistaken, ill-advised, misconceived, incorrect, false, flawed, misdirected, ill-considered, injudicious

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1. Sotiris Tzifas:

   Technology gives us a lot of tools to secure the system, but at the end of the day, the level of security depends on the users, even if you build the most secure system you can, if the user does something bad or something misguided or something they are not allowed to do, then the system is downgraded very quickly.

2. Dave Clark:

   We appreciate his concern for our associates but his concern is misguided and self-serving.

3. Jared Bernstein:

   If you look at the unconscionable actions of Putin, weaponizing energy, amplified by the short-sighted and misguided decision by OPEC+ recently, then sure, having the [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] there for potential release is an important tool.

4. Charlton Heston:

   Mainstream America is depending on you - counting on you - to draw your sword and fight for them. These people have precious little time or resources to battle misguided Cinderella attitudes, the fringe propaganda of the homosexual coalition, the feminists who preach that it's a divine duty for women to hate men, blacks who raise a militant fist with one hand, while they seek preference with the other.

5. Elizabeth Baranyai:

   The people who were in there, they were good people who got misguided and lost their way, being used by David Koresh who was a master manipulator of people, but underneath all of that, they were good people. That’s the real tragedy of the story. That good people can be so badly used. But it was difficult to stand up to him… Those people sitting in those Bible studies day in and day out for hours at a time, I don’t know why they couldn’t see it.