misdirect
verb /ˌmɪsdəˈrekt/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrekt/
/ˌmɪsdəˈrekt/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misdirect | /ˌmɪsdəˈrekt/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrekt/ /ˌmɪsdəˈrekt/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrekt/ |
| he / she / it misdirects | /ˌmɪsdəˈrekts/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrekts/ /ˌmɪsdəˈrekts/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrekts/ |
| past simple misdirected | /ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪd/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ /ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪd/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ |
| past participle misdirected | /ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪd/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ /ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪd/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ |
| -ing form misdirecting | /ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪŋ/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪŋ/, /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to use something in a way that is not appropriate to a particular situation
- be misdirected Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.
- misdirect somebody/something (to something) to send somebody/something in the wrong direction or to the wrong place
- Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport.
- misdirect somebody/something (law) (of a judge) to give a jury (= the group of people who decide if somebody is guilty of a crime) wrong information about the law