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Misguided vs Misleaded - What's the difference?

misguided | misleaded |

As verbs the difference between misguided and misleaded

is that misguided is past tense of misguide while misleaded is past tense of mislead.

As an adjective misguided

is ill-conceived or not thought through.

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)

    • misleaded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (mislead)

    • mislead

    English

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • (literally) To lead astray, in a false direction.
  • To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
  • To deceptively trick into something wrong.
    • ''The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
  • To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

    • Synonyms

    * (lead in a false direction) misguide, misinform * (deceive by giving a false impression) deceive, delude, beguile, cheat * (trick into something wrong) seduce

    Derived terms

    * misleading (pos a)

    References

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs