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misguidance

noun

Etymology

From mis- + guidance.

  1. derived from *weyd-✻ — “to see, know”
  2. derived from *wītaną✻ — “to see, know; go, depart”
  3. derived from *wītan✻ — “to show the way, lead”
  4. derived from guida
  5. derived from guide
  6. inherited from guide
  7. suffixed as guidance — “guide + ance”
  8. prefixed as misguidance — “mis + guidance”

Definitions

  1. Bad guidance.

    • They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.

The neighborhood

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