Usually means: Sent or aimed in wrong direction.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. misdirected: Merriam-Webster
  2. misdirected: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misdirected: Vocabulary.com
  4. Misdirected, misdirected: Wordnik
  5. misdirected: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misdirected: Wiktionary
  7. misdirected: Dictionary.com
  8. misdirected: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. misdirected: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misdirected: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misdirect as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misdirect)

verb:  To direct something wrongly
verb:  To direct attention away from covert actions or intended targets.
verb:  To put the incorrect address on a mail item
▸ Also see misdirect


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