misdirected

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• misdirected — UK US /ˌmɪsdaɪˈrektɪd/ adjective [before noun] ► sent to the wrong place: »misdirected emails/calls ► used in a way that is not right or legal: »misdirected payments/funds/money …   Financial and business terms

• misdirected — index errant, inappropriate, misadvised Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• misdirected — Synonyms and related words: botched, bungled, butchered, fumbled, ill advised, ill considered, ill contrived, ill devised, ill done, ill executed, ill managed, impolitic, misadvised, misconducted, misguided, misinformed, misinstructed, misled,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• misdirected — adj. sent to the wrong place; misguided; aimed incorrectly; directed incorrectlyv. direct incorrectly; lead astray; misinstruct; mislead; misguide …   English contemporary dictionary

• misdirected — …   Useful english dictionary

• missent/misdirected mail — Mail that has not been dispatched according to official schemes, schedules, or special orders. (Compare with error) …   Glossary of postal terms

• misdirect — [[t]mɪ̱sdɪre̱kt, daɪr [/t]] misdirects, misdirecting, misdirected 1) VERB: usu passive If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes. [be V ed] Many of the aid projects in the developing world… …   English dictionary

• Lost luggage — is the phenomenon in which a public carrier, airline, ship, or train does not send a passenger s luggage to the correct destination to arrive with the passenger. In the United States, an average of 1 of 150 people have their checked baggage… …   Wikipedia

• misdirect — UK US /ˌmɪsdɪˈrekt/ verb [T] ► to send something to the wrong place or in the wrong direction: »If people are worried about payments being misdirected, they can opt to use direct deposit. »The publisher often lost or misdirected orders. ► to use… …   Financial and business terms

• misdirection — misdirect UK US /ˌmɪsdɪˈrekt/ verb [T] ► to send something to the wrong place or in the wrong direction: »If people are worried about payments being misdirected, they can opt to use direct deposit. »The publisher often lost or misdirected orders …   Financial and business terms

• misdirect — mis|di|rect [ˌmısdıˈrekt, daı ] v [T usually in passive] 1.) formal to use your effort, energy, abilities etc on doing the wrong thing ▪ Without well defined goals, it is likely that efforts will be misdirected. ▪ Their criticism is misdirected.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English