misguidance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English guidance

English misguidance

From mis- + guidance.

Noun

misguidance (countable and uncountable, plural misguidances)

1. Bad guidance.
   • 2015, Mustafa Khattab, transl., The Clear Quran, →ISBN, surah 2, verse 16:

     They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.