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Adjective
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The Jazz scored 20 points in the last three minutes, taking advantage of a couple misguided Warriors fouls and getting out in transition behind rim protection from Walker Kessler.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025 -
Challenges to higher education posed by the new Trump Administration (as well as from the far left and right of the political spectrum) include misguided assaults on admissions policies, educational curricula, endowment support, research priorities, and freedom of expression.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Yet his approach is likely to be both divisive and ineffective.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Without this shift, Chicago’s cultural strategies will remain temporary, unsustainable and ineffective.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The deal does not however, require her to testify against Samantha, who is still facing 17 felonies, including criminal vehicular homicide, criminal vehicular operation, driving under the influence, failure to provide proof of insurance, careless driving and speeding.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The careless boating misdemeanors carry a penalty of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The tariff is a blunt instrument that might be ill-advised because Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has a pretty strong mandate to play hardball.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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Starbuck would be ill-advised to target e.l.f.’s diversity efforts, Amin said.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Misdirected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdirected. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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