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undirecting

undirecting is the present participle and gerund of undirect.

Meaning of undirect

Verb

undirect (third-person singular simple present undirects, present participle undirecting, simple past and past participle undirected)

  1. (transitive) To misdirect; mislead.
    • BArbarous is the cuſtome of ſome Engliſh People on the Sea ſide, to prey on the goods of poore ſhipwrack’t Merchants. But more diveliſh in their deſigne, who make falſe fires, to undirect Sea-men in a Tempeſt, that thereby from the right Road, they may be miſled into danger and deſtruction.1647, Tho[mas] Fuller, “Meditations on the Times”, in Good Thoughts in Worse Times. […], London: […] W. W. for John Williams […], →OCLC, section II (Wofull Wealth), pages 99–100

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Questions about undirecting

What is undirecting the present participle and gerund of?
Undirecting is the present participle and gerund of undirect.

Words near undirecting in the dictionary

  1. undirected graphs
  2. undirected path
  3. undirected paths
  4. undirectedly
  5. undirectedness
  6. undirecting
  7. undirectional
  8. undirectionally
  9. undirectly
  10. undirectness
  11. undirects

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