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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISDIRECT', v.t. To give a wrong direction to; as to misdirect a passenger.
1. To direct to a wrong person or place; as, to misdirect a letter.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
2: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray]
3: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" [syn: misdirect, misaddress]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1603 1. to give a wrong direction to 2. to direct wrongly <misdirected their energies>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 direct (a person, letter, blow, etc.) wrongly. 2 (of a judge) instruct (the jury) wrongly. Derivatives: misdirection n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misdirect Mis`di*rect", v. t. To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. --Shenstone.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(misdirects, misdirecting, misdirected) 1. If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes. Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed • misdirected ...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop. ADJ 2. If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction. He had deliberately misdirected the reporters. VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

be negligent, bias, bowl a googly, color, corrupt, garble, lead astray, maladminister, misaddress, misadminister, misadvise, misconduct, misconstrue, miseducate, misgovern, misguide, mishandle, misinform, misinstruct, misinterpret, mislead, mismanage, misrender, misrepresent, misrule, misteach, misuse, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, pervert, slant, strain, throw a curve, torture, varnish