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- verb Present participle of
misadvise .
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Examples
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Professor Mahmood Mamdani, an alumnus of Makerere and now director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research, have blamed the World Bank for misadvising governments like Uganda's to shift attention to basic education at the expense of tertiary education.
The Guardian World News Richard M Kavuma 2011
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Whalin said Radolovich, in addition to misadvising Jennings, ignored potentially strong defenses that could have resulted in a lesser conviction and shorter sentences for his young client.
unknown title 2009
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If ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say they can alienate the affections of his subjects from the crown; but I will affirm, that they make the crown not worth his wearing; I will not say the king is betrayed, but I will pronounce the kingdom undone. "
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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"If the ministers thus persevere in misleading and misadvising the
In the Days of Poor Richard Irving Bacheller 1904
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"My lord, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising the king, he will be undone.
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If the Ministers persevere in thus misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that the King is betrayed, but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone; I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his Crown, but I will affirm that, the American jewel out of it, they will make the Crown not worth his wearing. "[
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842
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