misdirect

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

Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past. 过去，许多对发展中国家的援助计划被误用了。

2. misdirectedADJ

...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop. ...试图安抚主教的错误做法。

3. V-T If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction. 给…指错方向

He had deliberately misdirected the reporters. 他故意给记者们指错了方向。