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Adjective misguided has 2 senses
- ill-conceived, misguided - poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"
Antonym: wise (indirect, via foolish)
- misguided, mistaken - wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
Antonym: right (indirect, via wrong)
Verb misguide has 2 senses
- mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray - lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
--1 is one way to lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- misadvise, misguide - give bad advice to
--2 is one way to advise, counsel
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot misguide Sue
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