单词 | misguided |
释义 | misguided (mɪsgaɪdɪd ) adjective If you describe an opinion or plan as misguided, you are critical of it because you think it is based on an incorrect idea. You can also describe people as misguided. [disapproval] In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness. He is misguided in expecting honesty from her. Synonyms: unwise, mistaken, foolish, misled Collocations: misguided belief Drop the misguided belief it's a waste time to relax with an old friend, for a walk, enjoy a film etc. The Sun Many people have the misguided belief that these lawyers hold top positions not on merit but because of affirmative action policies. ST They work on the principle of reducing operations to a factory production line in the misguided belief that this makes care more efficient. Times, Sunday Times Whether out of a misguided belief that it would be a more fashionable event with minimal organisation, or a more hardnosed concern with costs, it was done on the cheap. Times, Sunday Times Contracts are getting larger in the misguided belief that scaling up reduces costs, so they are suddenly beyond the reach of small charities. Times, Sunday Times Marriages have been damaged, emotional health impaired, even faith destroyed out of misguided loyalty to a ministry. Christianity Today However, while bankers are pilloried, many supporters - perhaps out of misguided loyalty - seem content to pay for footballers' wages at the turnstiles, and without protest. Times, Sunday Times It highlights two reasons - 'the service's perceived lack of protection for whistleblowers and the prevalence of a grassroots culture of misguided loyalty that places allegiance to colleagues before integrity'. Times, Sunday Times Others would see it as misguided loyalty. The Sun Her misguided loyalty leads her to turn in a false medical-emergency call. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was always a misguided notion. Times, Sunday Times I have had a funeral for the misguided notions of what my ministry would be at this stage in my life. Christianity Today This can be arrested if we put aside misguided notions of political correctness and reject a 'one size fits all' approach to education. Times, Sunday Times This would be a misguided policy on a number of levels. Times,Sunday Times Is the government going to reimburse us for the wasted time and expenditure we have borne in following its totally misguided policy? Times, Sunday Times Misguided policy interventions have chipped away at the foundations of private pension provision over the years. Times, Sunday Times It was a misguided policy, and wherever it was implemented, it had a withering effect on nightlife. Globe and Mail He has also striven, often controversially, to make clear how and why present catastrophes have arisen from misguided policies in the past. Times, Sunday Times He was a poor, misguided soul. Times, Sunday Times Not bad for somebody that many misguided souls were writing off as physically inadequate just a year or so ago. Times, Sunday Times Shamans may visit other worlds/dimensions to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 以错误观念为指导的观点或计划 Japanese: 誤解を与えるような |
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