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ill-directed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ill-directed.

Editorial note

But tbh this seems too stupid and ill-directed to me to be anything other than a false flag operation.

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misdirected

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

misdirected

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ill-directed.

adjective

misdirected

Example sentences

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But tbh this seems too stupid and ill-directed to me to be anything other than a false flag operation.

2

Currently, there seems to be a world-wide tendency to try to lower the fence; the effort strikes me as ill-directed.

3

People are lamenting the ill-directed use of capital to build all this stuff, but maybe that becomes one day a valuable by-product.

4

I'm casting around for someone to blame for my feelings of ill-directed rage.

5

Your mockery is ill-directed, and in the context of a post about someone whose corporate wealth was able to be donated to charity, in really poor taste.

6

> Microsoft is so rudderless and ill-directed now, and Apple is so large and in charge Uhh, are you joking?

7

Any nearby supernova, ill-directed solar flare, etc.

8

Rogue gas giants, brown dwarfs accelerated to relativistic speeds, giant asteroids approaching from the Sun's direction, Carrington Events, an ill-directed gamma ray, etc.

9

Meanwhile we have tablet/laptop hybrids, which Microsoft has been taking the lead on (facing a similar reaction to the early iPod, which history may or may not prove to be similarly ill-directed) and then virtually-deviceless-devices, which Google has been pushing into with their Glass project.

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I'm certainly no apologist for universities and schools, but wanted to point out that there are some issues with self-learning, namely 1) focussing only on the interesting topics and neglecting the fundamentals, 2) unstructured learning can be ill-directed and 3) good instruction is more efficient than finding your own way.

Quote examples

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Microsoft is so rudderless and ill-directed now, and Apple is so large and in charge, this product such a technical powerhouse, that I will likely grab a new MBP "Air".

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use ill-directed in a sentence?

But tbh this seems too stupid and ill-directed to me to be anything other than a false flag operation.

What does ill-directed mean?

misdirected

What part of speech is ill-directed?

ill-directed is commonly used as adjective.