Sentence example with the word 'misdirection'

misdirection

bad policy, impolicy, malfeasance, misconstruction, mishandling, misknowledge, misrule, neglect, obscurantism, slanting, wrongdoing

Definition n. an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge

Last update: June 27, 2015


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IO 3.22 2 1901 in teaching carpentry and smithy-work to boys who never intended to be carpenters or smiths; but this misdirection of industry has since been remedied, and the industrial schools have been made the first stepping-stone towards a professional career.   [Please select]

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Yet beneath the vain misdirection of impulses there was some obscure principle of attraction which ruled the absurdity of the decisions.   [Please select]

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