misguided

misguided
    adj 1: poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan
           to take over the company" [syn: {ill-conceived},
           {misguided}]
    2: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but
       misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
       [syn: {misguided}, {mistaken}]
    

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "misguided":
      botched, bungled, butchered, erroneous, fallacious, foolish,
      fumbled, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised,
      ill-done, ill-executed, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-managed,
      impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, inconsiderate, indiscreet,
      inexpedient, injudicious, insensate, irrational, mindless,
      misadvised, misconducted, misdirected, misinformed, misinstructed,
      misled, mismanaged, misplaced, mistaken, mistaught, muffed,
      murdered, myopic, negligent, reasonless, reckless, senseless,
      shortsighted, spoiled, thoughtless, unadvised, uncalled-for,
      unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing, unreasonable,
      unreflecting, unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound,
      unthinking, unthoughtful, unwise, witless, wrong