adj
Meaning 1
Ill-conceived or not thought through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
misguided
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Misled or mistaken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Lacking proper guidance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of misguide
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- well-meaning but misguided teachers
- a mistaken belief
- mistaken identity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mistaken
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
poorly conceived or thought out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an ill-conceived plan to take over the company
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ill-conceived
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: заблуден (zabluden) — lacking proper guidance
- French: errant — lacking proper guidance
- German: fehlgeleitet — lacking proper guidance
- Hebrew: תועה — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: aimhleasach — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: aimhleasta — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: éidreorach — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: éigiallda — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: gan chiall — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: iomrallach — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: místiúrtha — lacking proper guidance
- Irish: seachránach — lacking proper guidance
- Macedonian: за́блуден (zábluden) — lacking proper guidance
- Romanian: eronat — lacking proper guidance
- Romanian: greșit — lacking proper guidance
- Spanish: errado — lacking proper guidance
- Spanish: insensato — lacking proper guidance
- Spanish: desacertado — lacking proper guidance
- Spanish: desatinado — lacking proper guidance
- Spanish: descarriado — lacking proper guidance
- Turkish: yanlış yönlendirilmiş — lacking proper guidance