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 More Synonyms of misguided
misguided in British English
(ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪd)
adjective
foolish or unreasonable, esp in action or behaviour
Derived forms
misguidedly (ˌmisˈguidedly)
adverb
Examples of 'misguided' in a sentence
misguided
Yet I listened on restlessly, defensively alert for proof that her notion of love was misguided.
Conybeare, Stephanie A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (2002)
Then he was a misguided fool, his brain maddened by impending death.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
Which partly explains why, out of some misguided notion of loyalty, we continued to employ Marshall on an informal, part-time basis.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)
In other languages
misguided
British English: misguided 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.
In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness.
American English: misguided
Brazilian Portuguese: enganado
Chinese: > 以错误观念为指导的观点或计划
European Spanish: equivocado
French: malavisé
German: irrig
Italian: poco giudizioso
Japanese: 誤解を与えるような
Korean: 오도된
European Portuguese: enganado
Latin American Spanish: equivocado
Chinese translation of 'misguided'
misguided
(mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd)
adj
[opinion, attempt]误(誤)导(導)的 (wùdǎo de)
[person]误(誤)入歧途的 (wùrù qítú de)
(adjective)
Definition
mistaken or unwise
He is misguided in expecting honesty from her.
Synonyms
unwise
It would be unwise to expect too much.
mistaken
I see I was mistaken about you.
foolish
It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
misled
misplaced
a telling sign of misplaced priorities
deluded
ill-advised
She said his remarks had been ill-advised.
imprudent
an imprudent investment he made many years ago
injudicious
Injudicious remarks by bankers were blamed for the devaluation.
labouring under a delusion or misapprehension
Additional synonyms
in the sense of foolish
Definition
very silly, unwise, or absurd
It would be foolish to raise hopes unnecessarily.
Synonyms
unwise,
silly,
absurd,
rash,
unreasonable,
senseless,
short-sighted,
ill-advised,
foolhardy,
nonsensical,
inane,
indiscreet,
ill-judged,
ill-considered,
imprudent,
unintelligent,
asinine,
injudicious,
incautious
in the sense of ill-advised
Definition
(of a person) acting without reasonable care or thought
She said his remarks had been ill-advised.
Synonyms
misguided,
inappropriate,
foolish,
rash,
reckless,
unwise,
short-sighted,
unseemly,
foolhardy,
thoughtless,
indiscreet,
ill-judged,
ill-considered,
imprudent,
wrong-headed,
injudicious,
incautious,
impolitic,
overhasty
in the sense of imprudent
Definition
not carefully thought out
an imprudent investment he made many years ago
Synonyms
unwise,
foolish,
rash,
irresponsible,
reckless,
careless,
ill-advised,
foolhardy,
indiscreet,
unthinking,
ill-judged,
ill-considered,
inconsiderate,
heedless,
injudicious,
incautious,
improvident,
impolitic,
overhasty,
temerarious
Synonyms of 'misguided'
misguided
Explore 'misguided' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of injudicious
Definition
showing poor judgment
Injudicious remarks by bankers were blamed for the devaluation.
Synonyms
unwise,
foolish,
rash,
hasty,
ill-advised,
indiscreet,
unthinking,
ill-judged,
imprudent,
inconsiderate,
ill-timed,
incautious,
impolitic,
inexpedient
in the sense of misplaced
Definition
(of an emotion or action) directed towards a person or thing that does not deserve it