misguide

Verb

Verb Forms: misguided, misguiding, misguides

• To lead or direct someone or something incorrectly.
• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
• give bad advice to
• To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.

Examples

• A poor opening play can misguide your entire Scrabble strategy for the rest of the game.

Synonyms

lead astray, misadvise, misdirect, mislead