misguidance

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noun

Bad guidance.

OriginEnglish guidance ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounmisguidance (countable and uncountable, plural misguidances)

plural misguidances

  1. countableuncountableBad guidance.

    They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.

    2015, Mustafa Khattab, transl., The Clear Quran, →ISBN, surah 2, verse 16

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishguidance
  10. Englishmisguidance

From mis- + guidance.

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Cite this entry
APA

misguidance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguidance

MLA

“misguidance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguidance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misguidance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguidance.

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