misdirection

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mis=di=rec=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

misdirection, n. 

•  The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.  [1913 Webster]
•  An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.  Mozley & W.  [1913 Webster]
•  The direction of another's attention to an unimportant place or matter, for the purpose of being able to perform an action undetected; as, misdirection is an important part of a magician's art.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

misdirection

bad policy, bum steer, college of Laputa, corruption, false coloring, impolicy, inexpedience, inexpediency, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadministration, misconduct, misconstruction, misfeasance, misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, misinformation, misinstruction, misinterpretation, misknowledge, misleading, mismanagement, misrepresentation, misrule, misteaching, misuse, mystification, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, obfuscation, obscurantism, obscuration, omission, perversion, slanting, sophistry, straining, torturing, wrongdoing

ROGET THESAURUS

misdirection

Unskillfulness

N unskillfulness, want of skill, incompetence, incompentency, inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience, disqualification, unproficiency, quackery, folly, stupidity indiscretion, thoughtlessness, sabotage, mismanagement, misconduct, impolicy, maladministration, misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance, petticoat government, absence of rule, rule of thumb, bungling, failure, screw loose: too many cooks, blunder, etourderie gaucherie, act of folly, balourdise, botch, botchery, bad job, sad work, sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild- goose chase, bungler, fool, unskillful, inexpert, bungling, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit, left-handed, heavy-handed, slovenly, slatternly, gawky, adrift, at fault, inapt, unapt, inhabile, untractable, unteachable, giddy, inconsiderate, stupid inactive, incompetent, unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified, unfit, quackish, raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice, unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c, uninitiated, unconversant, shiftless, unstatesmanlike, unadvised, ill-advised, misadvised, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted, unguided, misguided, misconducted, foolish, wild, infelicitous, penny wise and pound foolish, one's fingers being all thumbs, the right hand forgets its cunning, il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, out of the frying pan into the fire, non omnia possumus omnes.

Misteaching

N misteaching, misinformaton, misintelligence, misguidance, misdirection, mispersuasion, misinstruction, misleading, perversion, false teaching, sophistry, college of Laputa, the blind leading the blind, propaganda, disinformation, agitprop, indoctrination, misteaching, unedifying, piscem natare doces, the blind leading the blind.