Misdirected

"In all the plans, more than half the money to pay for the proposal is already in the system," Sebelius said, referring to what she called misdirected money for ineffective programs and other instances of waste and inefficiency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It’s not that ACPO are stupid it’s just that they’ve been misdirected from the start. on October 8, 2009 at 7: 27 am Damo ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Barry Blitt and Francois Mouly was the designer, and I thought it was a successful experiment to see if a style of satire that's extremely subtle and misdirected, which is their style, could be used with iconography that related to racism and terrorism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"In all the plans, more than half the money to pay for the proposal is already in the system," Sebelius said, referring to what she called "misdirected" money for ineffective programs and other instances of waste and inefficiency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So all this “writing down assets destroys money” stuff seems kind of misdirected or worse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(In an appearance with Mexican President Felipe Calderón on Wednesday, Obama reiterated his commitment to an immigration overhaul and called the Arizona measure "misdirected" and "troublesome.") ❋ Unknown (2010)

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, who worked for six months to arrange the state visit for Calderón, has sought to calm emotions, repeating at every opportunity that President Obama and his administration consider the Arizona measure "misdirected" and are exploring legal challenges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Considering the intended readership of TNR, that kind of misdirected advertising can't be doing them any favors. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

In February of 2003, over 450 of the finest economic minds in the country including TEN individuals who had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, issued a statement calling the 2003 Bush tax cut plan "misdirected". ❋ Unknown (2008)

The delay is probably due to securing more 'hidey-holes' in which to stuff 'misdirected' ballots. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What faint echoes are there of an organisation with worthy aims shall we say, "misdirected" by a "fringe" group that is no doubt concerned with the issues at hand, but rather better known for other, more questionable activities? ❋ Zoe Brain (2008)

(Follow-up 2) What are the ways in which the author "misdirected" the reader from the murderer? ❋ Unknown (2003)

Osborne further submitted that a psychologist had concluded that the Canadian court had been "misdirected" in its verdict in what had been a "sad case". ❋ Unknown (2004)

Mugabe's lawyers have dismissed Tsvangirai's challenge of sections of the electoral laws as "misdirected" and "over-ambitious". ❋ Unknown (2003)

Christopher Chippindale comments in his response (see "Archaeology's Proper Place"), Lowenthal's ideas are mostly "misdirected," and have less to do with archaeologists and their practice than with the nature of time, contemporary society, and historians themselves. ❋ Unknown (2000)

He added the ban was "misdirected" in that it ignored the fact that the role of traditional weapons in political violence was ❋ Unknown (1996)

Speking at a National Party fund-raising banquet on Thursday night, Mr Keys said evidence had been given to a commission of inquiry to the effect that corruption in the TBVC states and self-governing territories did not exceed five per cent of total consumption spending of R18 billion, suggesting that about R900 million had been "misdirected". ❋ Unknown (1993)

They are not a mere wild, misdirected, meaningless series of insane acts, such as one would expect from a demented person, but distinct reactions to situations. ❋ Bernard Glueck (N/A)

Though Obama has called the law "misdirected," Pew found that 54 percent of those surveyed in Mexico said they don't like how the president has handled the issue. ❋ Unknown (2010)