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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. poorly conceived or thought out;
- Example: "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"
[syn: ill-conceived, misguided]

2. wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment;
- Example: "well-meaning but misguided teachers"
- Example: "a mistaken belief"
- Example: "mistaken identity"
[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