misdirect (redirected from misdirecting)

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).

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misdirect [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt]

vb (tr)

1. to give (a person) wrong directions or instructions

2. to address (a letter, parcel, etc.) wrongly

misdirection  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	misdirect - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, vitiate, subvert alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" carnalise, sensualise, sensualize, carnalize - debase through carnal gratification infect - corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism" lead astray, lead off - teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" bastardise, bastardize - change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms suborn - incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife"
	2.	misdirect - lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" misguide, mislead, lead astray lead, guide, take, conduct, direct - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
	3.	misdirect - put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" misaddress address, direct - put an address on (an envelope)

Translations

misdirect [ˌmɪsdɪˈrekt] VT [+ operation] → manejar mal; [+ letter] → poner las señas mal en; [+ person] → informar mal

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misdirect [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt] vt

[+ header, throw] → rater
Gallas misdirected his header goalwards → Gallas rata sa tête, envoyant le ballon vers ses buts.

(= use badly) [+ resources, expertise, energies] → utiliser à mauvais escient

[+ person] → mal orienter
to be misdirected to ... → être orientés à tort vers ...
Passengers for six flights were misdirected to the same gate → Les passagers de six vols furent orientés à tort vers la même porte.

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misdirect

vt

letter (= send to wrong address) → fehlleiten; (= address wrongly) → falsch adressieren; energies → falsch einsetzen, vergeuden; pass, volley → falsch platzieren; person (= send astray) → in die falsche Richtung schicken; (= misinform) → falsch informieren, eine falsche Auskunft geben (+dat); (Jur) jury → falsch belehren

campaign, operation → schlecht durchführen

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misdirect [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt] vt (letter) → mettere l'indirizzo sbagliato su; (person) → dare indicazioni sbagliate a, mal indirizzare; (operation) → organizzare male (Law) (jury) → dare istruzioni sbagliate a

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misdirect [ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt] vt (letter) → mettere l'indirizzo sbagliato su; (person) → dare indicazioni sbagliate a, mal indirizzare; (operation) → organizzare male (Law) (jury) → dare istruzioni sbagliate a

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misdirect

v misdirect [misdiˈrekt, -dai-]

to direct wrongly She was misdirected, and ended up in the wrong street. op 'n dwaalspoor bring يُعَنْوِن подвеждам poslat nesprávným směrem fejldirigere irreleiten δίνω λάθος κατεύθυνση orientar mal, informar mal eksiteele saatma راهنمایی غلط کردن ohjata harhaan mal renseigner לְהַפנוֹת לְיַעַד לא נָכוֹן गलत रास्ता दिखाना krivo uputiti félrevezet keliru memberi tahu segja skakkt til vegar indirizzare male 指示を間違える 잘못 안내하다 nukreipti neteisinga linkme nepareizi norādīt menyalaharahkan de verkeerde weg wijzen vise gal vei, feildirigere mylnie skierować informar mal a îndruma greşit неправильно направлять poslať nesprávnym smerom napačno usmeriti loše uputiti miss-, vilseleda ส่งผิด yanlış yönlendirmek 指錯方向 неправильно спрямовувати بھٹکانا chỉ dẫn sai 指错方向