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1. An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
    
2. Incorrect directions or instructions
    
3. Management that is careless or inefficient
   "he accomplished little due to the misdirection of his energies";
   - mismanagement
    
4. The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
   "conjurers are experts at misdirection";
   - distraction

Derived forms: misdirections

Type of: alteration, charge, commission, direction, instruction, management, revision

Encyclopedia: Misdirection