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misguidance

misguidance noun: bad guidance.

Noun

misguidance (countable and uncountable, plural misguidances)

  1. Bad 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

Forms of misguidance

pluralmisguidances

Origin of misguidance

From mis- + guidance.

Questions about misguidance

What does misguidance mean?
Misguidance means bad guidance.
What part of speech is misguidance?
Misguidance is a noun.
What is the plural of misguidance?
The plural of misguidance is misguidances.

Words near misguidance in the dictionary

  1. misguesstimate
  2. misguggle
  3. misguggled
  4. misguggles
  5. misguggling
  6. misguidance
  7. misguidances
  8. misguide
  9. misguided
  10. misguidedly
  11. misguidedness

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