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misdirective

adj

Etymology

From mis- + directive. Attested since the 19th century.

  1. borrowed from directive
  2. derived from directif
  3. prefixed as misdirective — “mis + directive”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of misleading.

    • It appears to me that the designation radio-thermal is not only inappropriate, but misdirective, and calculated to put in doubt (without cause, I admit) the correctness of Mr. M.'s views.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misdirective. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA