misguidingn.
/ˌmɪsˈɡʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪŋ/, Scottish English /mɪsˈɡʌidɪŋ/, /mɪsˈɡʌidɪn/ Chiefly Scottish.
†(a) Evil conduct; misbehaviour; disorder. Obsolete. (b) Misrule; mismanagement; ill-treatment. (c) Misdirection.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun]
abominationc1350
misgovernancec1375
misleadinga1387
misusing1395
misbearinga1400
misordinancea1400
misruling?a1425
misgovernail?a1439
misdraughtc1450
misgovernmentc1450
misbehaving1451
misguiding1480
misbehaviour1486
misdemeaning1487
misgoverning1487
misdemeanoura1513
misordera1513
misordering1526
misusage1532
misnurturea1540
misdemean1579
miscarriage1594
misguide1596
demeanour1681
misconduct1717
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]
misgovernancec1375
misleadinga1387
misusing1395
misbearinga1400
misordinancea1400
misdraughtc1450
misgovernmentc1450
misbehaving1451
misguiding1480
misbehaviour1486
misdemeaning1487
misgoverning1487
miscraft1496
demerit1509
misuse1509
misdemeanoura1513
misordera1513
misordering1526
misusage1532
misdemean1579
miscarriage1594
misguide1596
delinquency1603
demeanour1681
misconduct1717
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]
fiend-thewsc1275
misgovernancec1375
misusing1395
misrule?1406
misgovernmentc1450
misguiding1480
thowlessness1489
miscraft1496
demerit1509
misuse1509
misdemeanoura1513
prevarication1561
misguide1596
malconduct1684
misconduct1717
malversation1752
misdealing1851
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > leading into error
misleadinga1387
miscounsellinga1475
misguiding1480
misguidance1606
mislearing1871
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlviii. u 7 b Thurgh mysguydyng of the barge it ouerthrewe on the pyles.
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 103 The best waye to enhybyte mysgydynge & vnthryfty rule.
a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 431 in Poems (1899) 26 Mysreule & extorcion, Mysguidyng, Robbery, & necligence.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 48 (MED) The synne of the clergie provoketh so largely the indignacon of God, and draweth to them hate for mysguyding of the lawes.
1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 25/2 He slewe .l. thousande of ye olde sage faders of greate vertue bycause they tolde hym his mysgydynge.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 470/2 Reformacions of mysgydyng [Fr. reformacions des abus] be very necessary in a comen welth.
1588 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 266 For allegeit misgyding of sum of the saidis collegeis.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 214 King Occa..Throw misgyding wes slane into the feild.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 245 It may be that ane schip layd anker at reid or hevin, and ane uthir cuming out of the seae be misgyding hittis aganist the schip.
1634 Stewartry Court Bk. Monteith 1 May Anent the said Thomas misgyding of ane kow quhilk the said James sett in vintering to him..be the quhilk misgyding the said kow fell vaik [etc.].
1786 R. Burns Poems 183 He ne'er was gien to great misguidin, Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 3/2 The..perversion of our taste and misguiding of our æsthetic instincts.
1912 in A. W. Johnston & A. Johnston Old-lore Misc. V. ii. 68 Hid was no a' misguiding aither at bruk him, for hid was puir yearin' an' cauld snowy winter at meed his kye geong apae liftin'.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
misguidingadj.
/ˌmɪsˈɡʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪŋ/ That misguides or misdirects someone or something; misleading.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective] > misleading
misguiding1587
misleading1599
debauching1645
perigraphic1890
1587 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur iii. iv. 31 Whiles blind affection fetcht from priuate cause Misguiding wit hath maskt in wisedom's vaile, Pretending what in purpose it abhorr'd.
1648 J. Quarles Fons Lachrymarum 34 She [sc. Jerusalem] makes a banquet to invite the Devil, Who with his subtle and misguiding force, Will re-invite her to a second course.
a1714 M. Henry Expos. Hist. Bks. New Test. (1715) (Acts xxvii. 39) sig. Zzzzz4/1 There are some..[that] will by mis-guiding Fires, or otherwise purposely lead them into Danger, that the Lives may be lost, and they may have the plunder of the Ship.
1753 H. Jones Mem. Earl of Essex iii. 44 The narrow Censures of misguiding Crowds.
1811 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley (1858) I. 406 A man under a misguiding preconception.
1891 Daily News 15 Oct. 4/6 The..misguiding criticisms of Tory newspapers.
1935 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 20 124 The misguiding administrators and instructors of Negroes who have thus been misdirected.
1994 Ethics 104 832 He saw in this enterprise the misguiding influence of Lockean simple ideas.
Derivatives
misˈguidingly adv. rare misleadingly.
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1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Misguidingly, in a way to mislead.
1969 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 35 596 His concepts are hopelessly imprecise, his analyses uncritically eclectic, his analogies misguidingly loose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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