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Misdirection

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction. countable, uncountable

    "The magician used misdirection to get us to watch his left hand while he did something with his right hand."

  2. 2
    the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something wordnet
  3. 3
    Movement or tendency in the wrong direction. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    management that is careless or inefficient wordnet
  5. 5
    An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court. UK, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    incorrect directions or instructions wordnet
  2. 7
    an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge wordnet

Etymology

From mis- + direction.

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