misguided

1. 1.

   poorly conceived or thought out

   “an ill-conceived plan to take over the company”

   Synonymsill-conceived

   Similarfoolish
2. 2.

   wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

   “well-meaning but misguided teachers”

   “a mistaken belief”

   “mistaken identity”

   Synonymsmistaken

   Similarwrong

Questions about misguided

What does misguided mean?

misguided means "poorly conceived or thought out". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in misguided?

misguided has 3 syllables: mis-gui-ded. The stress falls on "gui". In IPA it is /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/.

What is another word for misguided?

Close synonyms include ill-conceived, mistaken. 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 misguided a common word?

misguided is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.