misguide

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

misguide
    v 1: 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}]
    2: give bad advice to [syn: {misadvise}, {misguide}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misguide \Mis*guide"\, v. t.
   To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the
   understanding.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misguide \Mis*guide"\, n.
   Misguidance; error. [Obs.] --Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "misguide":
      be negligent, bowl a googly, corrupt, lead astray, maladminister,
      misadminister, misadvise, misconduct, misdirect, miseducate,
      misgovern, mishandle, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, mismanage,
      misrule, misteach, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, pervert,
      throw a curve

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