misguided

Definition

  • adjective: having wrong or improper goals or values
  • adjective: led or prompted by wrong or inappropriate motives or ideals
  • synonyms: wrong, foolish

Examples

  • He blames the crisis on the government's 'misguided' economic policies.

  • She's been getting a lot of bad advice from 'misguided' friends.

  • a 'misguided' attempt/effort to help

Movie quotes

  • (..) Maybe we can straighten this out. You remember my wife, Mary Carol, and my daughter-in-law, Kaleigh. Please accept my misguided, uh... How concerned should I be? It was a misunderstanding. It looks a lot like you. Well, you should see what they do with the nightly news. (..)
    1997 The Game