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MISDIRECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
Example:
conjurers are experts at misdirection
Synonyms:
distraction; misdirection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("misdirection" is a kind of...):
alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Management that is careless or inefficient
Example:
he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies
Synonyms:
misdirection; mismanagement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("misdirection" is a kind of...):
direction; management (the act of managing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misdirection"):
screwup (the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Incorrect directions or instructions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("misdirection" is a kind of...):
direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)
Derivation:
misdirect (lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("misdirection" is a kind of...):
charge; commission; direction (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something)
