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misguided.

Of a person: lacking proper guidance; misled or mistaken in one's actions or thinking.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/(ˌ)mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/General-American

  1. Of a person: lacking proper guidance; misled or mistaken in one's actions or thinking.

  2. Of a plan, policy, etc.: not properly planned or thought through; ill-conceived.

  3. Of a government, etc.: mismanaged, misruled.

    obsolete

  4. Of a person: behaving badly; immoral.

    obsolete

  5. Poorly educated or trained.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidarbor. Old French guiderbor. Middle English guiden English guide English misguide Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English misguided From misguide + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

verb/(ˌ)mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/Received-Pronunciation/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/General-American

  1. simple past and past participle of misguide

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidarbor. Old French guiderbor. Middle English guiden English guide English misguide Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English misguided From misguide + -ed (suffix forming adjectives; and past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs).

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