misguided

CEFRC1

/mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/

adjective · verb

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Nothing could be more misguided.
I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.
You're just a poor misguided fool Who thinks they know what I should do A line for me and a line for you I lose my right to a point of view.

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I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.
2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013
You're just a poor misguided fool Who thinks they know what I should do A line for me and a line for you I lose my right to a point of view.
2001, “Poor Misguided Fool”, in Love Is Here, performed by Starsailor
Martin Luther King Jr's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on the need for moral intervention should be taped to every tech CEO's wall: “When scientific power outruns moral power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men.”
2024 May 11, John Thornhill, quoting Martin Luther King Jr, “More than human?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8

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