What does misguided mean?

Definitions for misguided
mɪsˈgaɪ dɪdmis·guid·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ill-conceived, misguidedadjective

    poorly conceived or thought out

    "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company"

  2. misguided, mistakenadjective

    wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

    "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"

Wiktionary

  1. misguidedadjective

    ill-conceived or not thought through

  2. misguidedadjective

    misled or mistaken

  3. misguidedadjective

    lacking proper guidance

    A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

Wikipedia

  1. Misguided

    Misguided is Argyle Park's only album under that name. The album was released on March 21, 1995, by R.E.X. Records into the Christian rock market, and sits alongside other early 90s work by Circle of Dust and Mortal as being instrumental in introducing industrial music to the Christian music scene. The album was nominated for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album at the 27th Annual GMA Dove Awards in 1996.Misguided is a diverse album that combines elements such as techno, metal guitar, ragtime piano, horns, samples, and dark vocals. Members cited influences such as Portishead and jazz being responsible for the experimentation on the album. It also features a wide variety of guest appearances by other alternative Christian bands and mainstream industrial bands of the mid 90s. The lyrics generally center around themes of betrayal, bitterness, and emotional pain, with band members and associates at various times hinting that the album was acting as catharsis for a child abuse situation at the church they all attended while growing up. The resultant thematic darkness of the album caused its reception to be mixed, with many Christian listeners protesting the lack of positive content, even going so far as to call it "anti-Christian". R.E.X. themselves attempted to censor the band before the album's release, deeming the outro verse of the song "Doomsayer" as being too controversial and cutting it from the song. The band, however, inserted the cut snippet onto the end of the album master tape before R.E.X. noticed and the outro now appears as a hidden track at the very end of the CD. The controversy and backlash caused the band members to shut Argyle Park down two years after conception.Tommy Victor of Prong wrote the main riff for the song "Doomsayer", and later used this same riff in the Prong song "Controller". Originally released on R.E.X. Records, the album was re-issued as a limited run in 2005 by Retroactive Records with bonus tracks, additional booklet information, and enhanced ROM material on the disc.

ChatGPT

  1. misguided

    Misguided refers to behavior or judgment that is based on faulty or incorrect information, idea, or understanding. It represents a lack of appropriate direction, guidance or advice, leading to wrong or inappropriate actions or decisions.

Wikidata

  1. Misguided

    Misguided is Argyle Park's first and only album under that name. The album was released by R.E.X. Records into the Christian rock market, and sits alongside other early 90s work by Circle of Dust and Mortal as being instrumental in introducing industrial music to the Christian music scene. The album was nominated for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album at the 27th Annual GMA Dove Awards in 1996. Misguided is a diverse album that combines elements such as techno, metal guitar, ragtime piano, horns, samples, and dark vocals. Members cited influences such as Portishead and jazz being responsible for the experimentation on the album. It also features a wide variety of guest appearances by other alternative Christian bands and mainstream industrial bands of the mid 90s. The lyrics generally center around themes of betrayal, bitterness, and emotional pain, with band members and associates at various times hinting that the album was acting as catharsis for a child abuse situation at the church they all attended while growing up. The resultant thematic darkness of the album caused its reception to be mixed, with many Christian listeners protesting the lack of positive content, even going so far as to call it "anti-Christian". R.E.X. themselves attempted to censor the band before the album's release, deeming the outro verse of the song "Doomsayer" as being too controversial and cutting it from the song. The band, however, inserted the cut snippet onto the end of the album master tape before R.E.X. noticed and the outro now appears as a hidden track at the very end of the CD. The controversy and backlash caused the band members to shut Argyle Park down two years after conception.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misguided in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misguided in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of misguided in a Sentence

  1. Greg Daco:

    That's misguided, the type of imports that we bring in from China and the scale of the imports... make substitution, at least immediate substitution, nearly impossible.

  2. Hamid Biglari:

    We wanted to make this personal, what struck many of us was the massive campaign that was being waged against the deal by many lobby groups, and we felt that much of that campaign was misguided.

  3. William Consovoy:

    The requests for his private tax information are not consistent with governing law, do not advance any proper legislative purpose, and threaten to interfere with the ordinary conduct of audits, we are confident that this misguided attempt to politicize the administration of the tax laws will not succeed.

  4. Paul DiGiacomo:

    New Yorkers are losing their most experienced crime fighters because of continued violence in the city and the apathy of misguided elected officials.

  5. Jeremy Story:

    They are truly responsible for laying the foundations of this disaster by hiring Azaiez in spite of community concerns and, subsequent to that, suppressing the viewpoints of two other board members who have tried to draw attention to this problem, the unfaithful fiveboard members topped all these wrongful actions off by arresting Dustin [Clark, a father of four children in public schools]and I for speaking out against their misguided actions.

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  • equivocadoSpanish
  • harhaan johdettuFinnish
  • errantFrench
  • תועהHebrew
  • The Latin translation for "misguided" is "erroneus" or "perperam ductus." The first term means erroneous or mistaken, while the second is more directly related to being led astray.Latin

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