How do you use Misdirection in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like direction or commission, plus the exact meaning.
Misdirection meaning
- An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction.
- Movement or tendency in the wrong direction.
- An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
Synonyms of Misdirection
Using Misdirection
- The main meaning on this page is: An act of misleading, of convincing someone to concentrate in an incorrect direction. | Movement or tendency in the wrong direction. | An error of law within a judgement committed by a judge or judges of a lower court, particularly as found by an appeals court.
- Useful related words include: direction, commission, charge, instruction.
- In the example corpus, misdirection often appears in combinations such as: of misdirection, and misdirection, misdirection and.
Context around Misdirection
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misdirection
- In this selection, "misdirection" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, subtle, long, unconscionable, keep, act and produced stand out and add context to how "misdirection" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a long misdirection act for and an unconscionable misdirection of scarce. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misdirection" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misdirection
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Rio experience has been a long misdirection act for Penn & Teller. (12 words)
They’ve been defensive, used misdirection and touted the platforms that have had fewer problems. (15 words)
This act isn't just about borders or foreign aid; it's a masterclass in misdirection. (16 words)
As an old Digger and a current 'client' of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (the Department from Hell, in my lexicon), I think this is an unconscionable misdirection of scarce funds to expand and disturb an excellent Australian War Memorial. (40 words)
After all, fans are going to be annoyed if it's blatant misdirection, and it's entirely possible that Rey is turned (albeit briefly) or that she pretends to be in order to take down The Emperor. (37 words)
It’s a deliberate attempt at misdirection from the plain fact that the justices — whether left, right or center — follow their own policy preferences, especially where they care the most about the outcome. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Misdirection Like many magic effects, this illusion relies mostly on subtle misdirection and acting on the part of the performer.
It said that Mitarachis continues using “an innovative mix of misdirection and outright lies” to cover up what the group said was the New Democracy government’s cruel practices toward asylum seekers.
Neat feints and well-placed moments of misdirection keep the viewer guessing, and among the ingredients in that metaphorical blender are flashbacks, visions, multiple points of view and elements of folk horror.
That is not to say he does not use zone coverage ever, but Leonhard uses a lot of movement and misdirection to keep offenses guessing, regardless of the coverage.
The Rio experience has been a long misdirection act for Penn & Teller.
He set up Okoli’s golden chance with a great piece of misdirection, produced an alert finish and consistently beat his full-back.
This act isn't just about borders or foreign aid; it's a masterclass in misdirection.
As an old Digger and a current 'client' of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (the Department from Hell, in my lexicon), I think this is an unconscionable misdirection of scarce funds to expand and disturb an excellent Australian War Memorial.
A well-conceived misdirection scoring pass to Luepke put the Bison back on top for good.
False information, gossip, rumor, distrust, and misdirection will also have an outsized impact and lead to rapidly executed bad decisions under these conditions (like grocery hoarding).
It’s a deliberate attempt at misdirection from the plain fact that the justices — whether left, right or center — follow their own policy preferences, especially where they care the most about the outcome.
It’s an almost comic exercise in misdirection, but unfortunately it has horrible, real-world consequences, as McKibben now faces and attacks than he confronted before.
Sikhala hailed Ndewere for the judgement arguing that the misdirection of the lower court had shown the magistrate court were compromised.
They’ve been defensive, used misdirection and touted the platforms that have had fewer problems.
Whereas the official injury list of a club once featured more misdirection than a David Copperfield show, coaches now identify the wounded at the post-match press conference.
After all, fans are going to be annoyed if it's blatant misdirection, and it's entirely possible that Rey is turned (albeit briefly) or that she pretends to be in order to take down The Emperor.
Here Brissett takes the snap and uses misdirection to flip the ball out to Marlon Mack.
Misdirection is key in this Spider-Man adventure, which is why there's no way the big death at the end of the film is real.
Never, as in never, let reality emerge; keep the game going with one misdirection technique after another.
The defense looked lost any time Oklahoma utilized any misdirection, had plenty of missed tackles, and really just looked like they did not belong on the same field.
Common combinations with misdirection
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of misdirection 5×
- and misdirection 5×
- misdirection and 4×
- misdirection of 4×
- the misdirection 3×
- misdirection to 2×
- in misdirection 2×