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Definition of Misdirected
1. misdirect [v] - See also: misdirect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdirected
Literary usage of Misdirected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Sketches by Nassau William Senior (1863)
"Archbishop Whately, writing after the experience of two centuries and a half,
sees much more clearly than Bacon the real mischiefs of misdirected ..."
2. Methods of Teaching in High Schools by Samuel Chester Parker (1920)
"Teacher should avoid misdirected time and energy. — The school is a complicated,
specialized institution, maintained by society to achieve certain specific ..."
3. General Methods of Teaching in Elementary Schools: Including the by Samuel Chester Parker (1919)
"Teacher should avoid misdirected time and energy. — The school is a complicated
institution, maintained by society to achieve certain specific results. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... retaining even the choruses; and the plays of Gamier and Mont- christien,
highly esteemed by the literati of Europe, were similarly misdirected efforts. ..."
5. International Realities by Philip Marshall Brown (1917)
"CHAPTER VIII PAN-AMERICANISM misdirected Since the Czar of Russia took the
initiative in summoning the first Peace Conference at The Hague in 1899 the world ..."
6. Poems by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1890)
"Valour misdirected. ' I'll hunt for dangers North and South, ' To prove my love,
which sloth maligns ! What seems to say her rosy mouth ? ..."
7. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1873)
"Accordingly, the history of Combination among the Working Classes has, until a
very recent period, been a sad history of misdirected effort—-of strength put ..."
8. Egypt by James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay (1902)
"CHAPTER XIV MANUFACTURING AND OTHER INDUSTRIES Skilled Industries not Improved
Proportionately to Agriculture and Commerce—misdirected Efforts of ..."
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