Definition of "misdirecting" [misdirecting]

• Present participle of misdirect. (verb)

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• "Corporatists and their media machine have suceeded in misdirecting the debate on environmental issues much as they have suceeded in misdirecting the debate over political issues as a whole."
• "Here Mr. Hirsch, sticking to Preminger's version -- that Mamoulian was "misdirecting" the film -- gives a flawed account of the director's firing."
• "This is misdirecting resources away from things we need."