noun
1. an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
• Hypernyms: ↑commission, ↑charge, ↑direction
2. incorrect directions or instructions
• Derivationally related forms: ↑misdirect
• Hypernyms: ↑direction, ↑instruction
3. management that is careless or inefficient
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he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies
• Syn: ↑mismanagement
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mismanage (for: ↑mismanagement)
• Hypernyms: ↑management, ↑direction
• Hyponyms: ↑screwup
4. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
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conjurers are experts at misdirection
• Syn: ↑distraction
• Derivationally related forms: ↑distract (for: ↑distraction)
• Hypernyms: ↑revision, ↑alteration
Useful english dictionary. 2012.