English to English
noun
- an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
source: WordNet 3.0
- incorrect directions or instructions
source: WordNet 3.0
- management that is careless or inefficient
He accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
Conjurers are experts at misdirection.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
source: Webster 1913