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Misdirected vs Misguided - What's the difference?

misdirected | misguided |

As verbs the difference between misdirected and misguided

is that misdirected is past tense of misdirect while misguided is past tense of misguide.

As an adjective misguided is

ill-conceived or not thought through.

misdirected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (misdirect)

  • misdirect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To direct something wrongly
  • *{{quote-news
  • , date = 21 August 2012 , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected , and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.}}
  • To put the incorrect address on a mail item
  • misguided

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • ill-conceived or not thought through
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
  • I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided . Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.
  • misled or mistaken
  • lacking proper guidance
  • A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

    Synonyms

    * (lacking proper guidance ) stray, straying, erring, errant, confused, off course

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misguide)