different between misguided vs unguided

English

Adjective

misguided (comparative more misguided, superlative most misguided)

1. ill-conceived or not thought through
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions.

2. misled or mistaken
3. lacking proper guidance

   A misguided child may use his personal power in mischievous ways

   • 2001, Starsailor, Poor Misguided Fool

     You're just a poor misguided fool
     Who thinks they know what I should do
     A line for me and a line for you
     I lose my right to a point of view.

Synonyms

• (lacking proper guidance) stray, straying, erring, errant, confused, off course

Translations

Verb

misguided

1. simple past tense and past participle of misguide

English

Etymology

un- +? guided

Adjective

unguided (comparative more unguided, superlative most unguided)

1. Not guided; without a guide.
   • 1977, Philip McCord Morse, In at the Beginnings: A Physicist's Life (page 33)

     My unguided tour through the humanities would likely be unbalanced, but I hoped that this could be made up for by the sheer number of books read.

   • 1998, Turner Publishing Company, Air Force Missileers (page 13)

     Genie was an unguided missile. Since it was armed with a nuclear warhead, accuracy was not really necessary […]