Associations to the word «Misdirection»
Noun
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Wiktionary
MISDIRECTION, noun. An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
MISDIRECTION, noun. (UK) (legal) An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court
Dictionary definition
MISDIRECTION, noun. An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge.
MISDIRECTION, noun. Incorrect directions or instructions.
MISDIRECTION, noun. Management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies".
MISDIRECTION, noun. The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.