Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Bad advice; injudicious counsel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Bad advice.

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  • noun archaic bad advice

Etymologies

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mis- +‎ advice

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Examples

  • From a personal point I have had mis-sellingfour times off of them, misadvice more times than I can remember, a total lack of communication between departments, lies, bullshit and charges on top of charges.

    Archive 2008-06-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • In dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia said the defense bar will likely try to create "ever-expanding categories of plea-invalidating misadvice."

    Law.com - Newswire 2010

  • The Measles section I'm perfectly happy to see in a footnote; it's important to include because the issue of vaccination misadvice is probably the single biggest reason for deep antagonism to hemeopathy, but is tangential.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The Measles section I'm perfectly happy to see in a footnote; it's important to include because the issue of vaccination misadvice is probably the single biggest reason for deep antagonism to hemeopathy, but is tangential.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The Measles section I'm perfectly happy to see in a footnote; it's important to include because the issue of vaccination misadvice is probably the single biggest reason for deep antagonism to hemeopathy, but is tangential.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The Measles section I'm perfectly happy to see in a footnote; it's important to include because the issue of vaccination misadvice is probably the single biggest reason for deep antagonism to hemeopathy, but is tangential.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The Measles section I'm perfectly happy to see in a footnote; it's important to include because the issue of vaccination misadvice is probably the single biggest reason for deep antagonism to hemeopathy, but is tangential.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The Measles section I'm perfectly happy to see in a footnote; it's important to include because the issue of vaccination misadvice is probably the single biggest reason for deep antagonism to hemeopathy, but is tangential.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

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