单词 | misdirecting |
释义 | misdirectingn. Misdirection, mismanagement; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > direction > wrong misdirecting1647 misdirection1768 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful management misgovernancea1449 misexecution1535 misconveying1540 misgovernment1600 misdemeanour1641 misdirecting1647 mismanagement1659 malmanagement1675 mal-execution1689 misconduct1705 mismanage1705 mal-organization1841 1647 ‘Philanactodemus’ Quære's 1 The misdirecting of a fleet to Cales, against the advice of your then Parliament. 1876 Galaxy 54/2 He has tolerated..her misdirecting of the household. 1932 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 42 495 A misdirecting of the individual's energies. 2000 Metrop. Corporate Counsel (Nexis) Sept. 12 The misdirecting of an Internet communication should not cause the automatic loss of trade secret protection for its contents. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misdirectingadj. Directing or guiding amiss; leading astray, esp. in behaviour or beliefs. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Misdirecting, directing wrong, or to a wrong person or place.] 1856 tr. Horace in Ladies' Repository Dec. 761 The man who is just and firm to his purpose will not be shaken from his fixed resolution..by the mis-directing ardor of his fellow-citizens. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 24 495 Its mastery over him will be not the guiding, cautioning, proportioning regulation..in the idea, but..some unbalancing, exaggerating, misdirecting excitement from something very likely not properly in the idea at all. 1992 J. Rule Albion's People (BNC) 169 While..their wages rose more sharply when the economy turned up, and fell less quickly on the downturns, this would have the effect of flattening fluctuations rather than of misdirecting trends. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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