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misdirected

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mis·di·rect  (msd-rkt, -d-)
tr.v. mis·di·rect·ed, mis·di·rect·ing, mis·di·rects
1. To aim (a blow or projectile, for example) badly.
2. To give wrong instructions or directions to.
3. To put a wrong address on (a piece of mail).
Translations
misdirected [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛktɪd] adj
(= misguided) → maladroit(e)
[mail] → mal acheminé(e)
misdirected
adj
(lit) mailfehlgeleitet; (= wrongly addressed)falsch adressiert; shot, passunplatziert; the shot was misdirectedder Schuss verfehlte sein Ziel
(fig) (= misapplied) energy, effortvergeudet; spending, feelingfehlgeleitet; (= misconceived) policy, campaignverfehlt
misdirected [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛktd] adj (energies) → mal indirizzato/a
misdirected [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛktd] adj (energies) → mal indirizzato/a


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It is not your fault that I have had all my energies misdirected by others -- it is not your fault that I have never had a fair chance of getting on in life.
Let me carry through the rest of my misdirected life, the remembrance that I opened my heart to you, last of all the world; and that there was something left in me at this time which you could deplore and pity.
he replied, with a despondent shake of the head; 'and, at the same time, there was a strong display of unchastened, misdirected passions.
 
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