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UK
/mɪsdaɪɹˈɛkʃən/
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NOUN
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management that is careless or inefficient
he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies - incorrect directions or instructions
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the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
conjurers are experts at misdirection - an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
How To Use misdirection In A Sentence
- conjurers are experts at misdirection
- Hunches, guesses, insights, feelings, and intuitions lead to misdirection and error.
- Misdirection is one of the prestidigitator's tools, after all, and Welles' flair for grotesquerie and offbeat humour are as much a part of the entertainment as the tortuous plot.
- It's ethical prestidigitation with ‘moral equivalence’ used for misdirection only.
- So they are attempting some "misdirection" -- calling attention to Ryan's two-year-old budget road map, which proposes difficult entitlement reforms. RealClearPolitics - Homepage
- Here we see the furtive behavior of Tomik as a desperate need to connect, and even, given his repression, as an understandable misdirection of desire.
- Any magician will tell you that misdirection is the first principle of sleight-of-hand tricks.
- But I think the entire series of misdirection is itself indicative of a larger, more audacious slight of hand, one that most people overlook by the time the absolutely brilliant and insane last few scenes arrive. Seeing Double: April Fool’s Day / Happy Birthday to Me » Scene-Stealers
- Without this logical information review process, creativity will drown in misdirection.
- But now with one quality control fiasco after another, it seems like finger-pointing for misdirection from the real problem. Smug Ugly - Anil Dash
