misdirection, n.
(misdirections)
(misdirections)
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
<noun.act>
distraction misdirection
sample sentences
"conjurers are experts at misdirection"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
management that is careless or inefficient
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
misdirection mismanagement
sample sentences
"he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
incorrect directions or instructions
<noun.communication>
misdirection
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
<noun.communication>
misdirection
semantic pointers
hypernym