misdirect
/mɪsdʌɪˈrɛkt/
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American sound/mɪsdʌɪˈrɛkt/
mɪsdʌɪˈrɛkt
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- 3rd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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mɪsdʌɪ - ˈrɛkt -> misdirect
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misdirect /mÇsdǝ'rekt,-daÇ'rekt / v
၁။ (esp passive) တလွဲ တချော် အသုံးပြုသည်၊ ပြုမူသည်။
misdirected energies/abilities/resources ❍ misdirected (ie not deserved) criticism/sarcasm.
၂။ ~ sb/sth (to sth) တလွဲပို့သည်၊ ညွှန်သည်။ be misdirected to the wrong platform ❍ The letter was misdirected to our old address.
၃။ (law ) (တရားရုံးတွင် တရားသူကြီးက ဂျူရီအဖွဲ့အား) ဥပဒေရေးရာ အချက်အလက်မှားများ ကို တင်ပြသည်။ misdirection /mÇsdǝ'rekʃn, -daÇ'rek- / n [U]
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abuse, bait, bait and switch, be incompetent, be inefficient, beguile, betray, bilk, blow, bluff, blunder, bobble, botch, bungle, bunk, cheat, confound, cover up, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, disinform, double-cross, double-talk, doublespeak, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, err, flub, fool, foul up, fudge, fumble, goof, goof up, gull, gum up, harm, hoax, hoodwink, hose, illude, information, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lead on, lie, lure, make a hash of, make a mess of, maladminister, mess up, misallocate, misapply, misconduct, misemploy, misgovern, misguide, misinform, mislead, mismanage, mismanager, misrepresent, misstate, mistreat, misuse, mousetrap, muff, outwit, overlook, overreach, pervert, point in the wrong direction, prevaricate, prostitute, pull wool over eyes, put foot in, put on, put on an act, put on false front, put up smoke screen, rip off, rook, rope in, scam, screw up, seduce, send off course, send on a wild goose chase, shaft, shoot oneself in foot, signify, snow, string along, take in, tempt, trick, victimize, waste, wrong steer
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