misguide

UK: /ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd/ US: /mɪsˈgaɪd/ ,(mis gīd′)

Inflections of 'misguide' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

misguides

v 3rd person singular

misguiding

v pres p

misguided

v past

misguided

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

mis•guide /mɪsˈgaɪd/   v. [~ + object] , -guid•ed, -guid•ing. 

1. to guide wrongly; misdirect.

mis•guid•ance /mɪsˈgaɪdəns/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mis•guide  (mis gīd′), v.t., -guid•ed, -guid•ing. 

1. to guide wrongly;
   misdirect.

• 1325–75; mis-¹ + guide; replacing Middle English misgien; see guy²

mis•guid′ance, n. 
mis•guid′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

misguide / ˌmɪsˈɡaɪd/ verb

1. (transitive) to guide or direct wrongly or badly