misdirection
English Thesaurus
1. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | alteration, revision, |
| definition | : | the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) (noun.act) |
2. management that is careless or inefficient (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | direction, management, |
| definition | : | the act of managing something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | screwup, |
| definition | : | the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act) |
3. incorrect directions or instructions (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | direction, instruction, |
| definition | : | a message describing how something is to be done (noun.communication) |
4. an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | charge, commission, direction, |
| definition | : | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something (noun.communication) |
5. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something (noun.act)
6. management that is careless or inefficient (noun.act)
| derivation | : | misconduct, mishandle, mismanage, |
| definition | : | manage badly or incompetently (verb.social) |
7. incorrect directions or instructions (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead, |
| definition | : | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions (verb.motion) |
8. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something (noun.act)
9. management that is careless or inefficient (noun.act)
| derivation | : | misconduct, mishandle, mismanage, |
| definition | : | manage badly or incompetently (verb.social) |
10. incorrect directions or instructions (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead, |
| definition | : | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions (verb.motion) |
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