(v) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality, Syn. vitiate, demoralize, subvert, profane, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, debase, debauch, Example:debauch the young people with wine and women; Socrates was accused of corrupting young men; Do school counselors subvert young children?; corrupt the morals

distraction

(n) the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something, Syn. misdirection, Example:conjurers are experts at misdirection

mislead

(v) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions, Syn. misguide, misdirect, lead astray, Example:The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver

mismanagement

(n) management that is careless or inefficient, Syn. misdirection, Example:he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Misdirect

v. t. To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Misdirection

n. 1. The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The direction of another's attention to an unimportant place or matter, for the purpose of being able to perform an action undetected; as, misdirection is an important part of a magician's art. [ PJC ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

筋違い(P);すじ違い

[すじちがい, sujichigai] (n, vs) (1) cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle); (n) (2) unreasonableness; absurdity; (adj-no, adj-na) (3) illogical; unreasonable; (4) misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess); (P)

見当違い;見当ちがい

[けんとうちがい, kentouchigai] (adj-na, n) wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected

力負

[ちからまけ, chikaramake] (n, vs) misdirection of one's strength

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Irreführung { f }

misdirection

Irrläufer { m }; falsch zugestellter Brief

stray letter; misdirected mail; letter delivered to the wrong address

führt irre

misdirects

falsch adressieren; fehlleiten

to misdirect

fehlleitend

misdirecting

irreführend

misdirecting

irregeführt

misdirected

irreleiten

to misdirect

leitet fehl

misdirects

leitete fehl

misdirected

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