misdirect

1. V-T If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes. 錯用; 誤用[usu passive]

Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past. 過去，許多對發展中國家的援助計劃被誤用了。

2. misdirectedADJ

...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop. ...試圖安撫主教的錯誤做法。

3. V-T If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction. 給…指錯方曏

He had deliberately misdirected the reporters. 他故意給記者們指錯了方曏。