Examples of misdirect in a Sentence
Their mail was misdirected to our address.
If he tells you he's not interested, he's trying to misdirect you.
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Direct deposit fraud represents less than one-hundredth of one percent of benefits that are misdirected, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 May 2025
The former prosecutors said that anyone who misdirected Medicaid money could be ensnared.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
However, Lannon was keen to stress that that anger was misdirected.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
So the incentives there that apply on the athlete are really misdirected.
—Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 May 2025
The former prosecutors said that anyone who misdirected Medicaid money could be ensnared.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
However, Lannon was keen to stress that that anger was misdirected.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
So the incentives there that apply on the athlete are really misdirected.
—Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Misdirect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdirect. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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misdirect
verb
mis·di·rect
ˌmis-də-ˈrekt 
-(ˌ)dī-
: to direct incorrectly
misdirection
noun
-ˈrek-shən
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