Topic: LAW
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mis‧di‧rect
[transitive usually in passive]
[transitive usually in passive]1 formal to use your effort, energy, abilities etc on doing the wrong thing : 
Without well-defined goals, it is likely that efforts will be misdirected.Their criticism is misdirected.
Without well-defined goals, it is likely that efforts will be misdirected.Their criticism is misdirected.2SCL if a judge misdirects a jury (=the group of people who decide a legal case), he or she gives them incorrect information about the law
3 formal to send someone or something to the wrong place
—misdirection noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]