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  • adverb In a misguided manner.

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Examples

  • Over a dozen major-league batting coaches and managers were interviewed on the subject; all were up on the latest science, agreeing that players may be misguidedly governed by routine and superstition.

    Baseball's Weight Problem Craig Wolff 2011

  • My feeling is that current approaches are not actually making any new changes but are instead misguidedly re-imaging the NHS to make it appear new when in fact little actually changes has been made.

    The NHS is ripe for revolution | Ian Birrell 2011

  • "We see crucial national security tools, once again, being put at risk by those who disparage the American criminal justice system and misguidedly claim that terror suspects cannot be tried safely in our civilian courts."

    Holder defends terror trials in civilian courts 2011

  • Unless we turn around and heal the disconnect that allows us to misguidedly pursue personal goals, without sufficient care for the health of our society and the earth, than it's likely our health problems will go from bad to worse.

    Alison Rose Levy: How To Survive In An Age Of Crisis Alison Rose Levy 2011

  • "We see crucial national security tools, once again, being put at risk by those who disparage the American criminal justice system and misguidedly claim that terror suspects cannot be tried safely in our civilian courts."

    Holder defends terror trials in civilian courts 2011

  • While most Americans calmly evaluate wild assertions and don't give credence to calls for "action" against "targeted" individuals such as those who are illustrated with gun-sights on their districts, offices, homes, or persons, the reality is a small segment of the population is differently effected -- misguidedly believing such calls are justifications for violence.

    Aaron Harber: Tucson Demonstrates It Is Time for Real Change Aaron Harber 2011

  • Subtract Chua's outrageous stories of threatening to take away lunch and dinner if her daughter doesn't keep practicing the piano -- aka conditional love -- and a dose of healthy parenting remains: the Tiger Mother hits the psychological nail on the head when she criticizes well-intentioned parents who misguidedly praise their children for simply being alive.

    Wendy S. Grolnick and Kathy Seal: What Amy Chua Gets Right Wendy S. Grolnick 2011

  • Subtract Chua's outrageous stories of threatening to take away lunch and dinner if her daughter doesn't keep practicing the piano -- aka conditional love -- and a dose of healthy parenting remains: the Tiger Mother hits the psychological nail on the head when she criticizes well-intentioned parents who misguidedly praise their children for simply being alive.

    Wendy S. Grolnick and Kathy Seal: What Amy Chua Gets Right Wendy S. Grolnick 2011

  • While most Americans calmly evaluate wild assertions and don't give credence to calls for "action" against "targeted" individuals such as those who are illustrated with gun-sights on their districts, offices, homes, or persons, the reality is a small segment of the population is differently effected -- misguidedly believing such calls are justifications for violence.

    Aaron Harber: Tucson Demonstrates It Is Time for Real Change Aaron Harber 2011

  • Unless we turn around and heal the disconnect that allows us to misguidedly pursue personal goals, without sufficient care for the health of our society and the earth, than it's likely our health problems will go from bad to worse.

    Alison Rose Levy: How To Survive In An Age Of Crisis Alison Rose Levy 2011

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