[syn: misguided, mistaken]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
misguided
adj 1: poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan
to take over the company" [syn: ill-conceived,
misguided]
2: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but
misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
[syn: misguided, mistaken]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "misguided":
botched, bungled, butchered, erroneous, fallacious, foolish,
fumbled, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised,
ill-done, ill-executed, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-managed,
impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet,
inexpedient, injudicious, insensate, irrational, mindless,
misadvised, misconducted, misdirected, misinformed, misinstructed,
misled, mismanaged, misplaced, mistaken, mistaught, muffed,
murdered, myopic, negligent, reasonless, reckless, senseless,
shortsighted, spoiled, thoughtless, unadvised, uncalled-for,
unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing, unreasonable,
unreflecting, unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound,
unthinking, unthoughtful, unwise, witless, wrong