misguidedadj/(ˌ)mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/

• 1

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

  • But I truſt I ſhall have ſpoken Perſvvaſion to abundance of ſenſible and ingenuous Men; […] to ſtay theſe ruinous Proceedings, juſtly and timely fearing to vvhat a Precipice of Deſtruction the deluge of this epidemic Madneſs vvould hurry us, through the general defection of a miſguided and abus'd Multitude.
  • An ambitious, or rather a miſguided, prince aroſe, vvho deemed all theſe privileges to be conceſſions of his predeceſſors, revokeable at pleaſure; and, in proſecution of this principle, he openly acted in violation of liberty, during the courſe of ſeveral years.
• 2

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

  • I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government's restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.
• 3

  obsoleteOf a government, etc.: mismanaged, misruled.

• 4

  obsoleteOf a person: behaving badly; immoral.

  • Fred[erick]. Traytor, doſt dravv upon thy Prince? / Cur[tius]. Your Pardon Sir, I meant it on a Raviſher. / A foul miſguided Villain. / One that ſcarce merits the brave name of Man. / One that betrays his friend, forſakes his VVife; / And vvould commit a Rape upon my Miſtreſs.
• 5

  obsoletePoorly educated or trained.

  • Select, also, and trail to the wall, a few scions from the old remaining branches, as an autumn supply—say one to every foot, and placed as if in fan-training. Thus misguided apple and pear-trees may be recovered in a very few years.

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