Misguide

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error. transitive

    "On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]"

  2. 2
    give bad advice to wordnet
  3. 3
    lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions wordnet

Etymology

From mis- + guide.

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