misdirection
pronunciation
How to pronounce misdirection in British English:
UK [ˌmɪsdaɪ'rekʃn]
How to pronounce misdirection in American English:
US [ˌmɪsdaɪ'rekʃn]
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- Noun:
- an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
- incorrect directions or instructions
- management that is careless or inefficient
- the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
Word Origin
- misdirection (n.)
- 1768, from mis- (1) + direction. Meaning "action of a conjurer, thief, etc. to distract someone" is from 1943.
Example
- 1. Therapeutic effects on 20 cases with aqueous misdirection syndrome
- 2. “ A good magician , ” Neal writes , “ knows the trick to making something \' magical \' isn \' t simply misdirection & keeping you busy watching one hand while doing something with the other .
- 3. Clinical analysis of 19 cases with aqueous misdirection syndrome
- 4. the model is potentially in danger of misdirection and ignorance rendering it a worn-out moniker that represents mere product features .
- 5. Everything so far has been misdirection .