misdirection

1. 1.

   an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

   Broadercommission
2. 2.

   incorrect directions or instructions

   Broaderdirection
3. 3.

   management that is careless or inefficient

   “he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies”

   Synonymsmismanagement

   Broadermanagement

   Narrowerscrewup
4. 4.

   the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

   “conjurers are experts at misdirection”

   Synonymsdistraction

   Broaderrevision

Other forms of misdirection

plural

misdirections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misdirection

What does misdirection mean?

misdirection means "an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in misdirection?

misdirection has 5 syllables: mis-di-rec-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for misdirection?

Close synonyms include mismanagement, distraction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misdirection a common word?

misdirection is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.