misguided

UK /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ US /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Ill-conceived or not thought through.

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.

2

Misled or mistaken.

3

Lacking proper guidance.

You're just a poor misguided fool Who thinks they know what I should do A line for me and a line for you I lose my right to a point of view.

Martin Luther King Jr's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on the need for moral intervention should be taped to every tech CEO's wall: “When scientific power outruns moral power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men.”

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