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Definition of "misdirection" []

  • Inaccurate aim. (noun)
  • Incorrect instructions or directions. (noun)
  • Law An error made by a judge in charging a jury. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "misdirection" in a sentence
  • "Other than as pure misdirection from the better known gas and/or carbon taxes, the VMT is about getting people to drive less, regardless of what they drive."
  • "More piling on and misdirection from the Obama faithful."
  • "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."