Sentence examples for based on a misguided from inspiring English sources

The nurse's mistake was based on a misguided belief that living wills automatically include "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders.

Republican opposition, based on a misguided aversion to government spending and political sour grapes, is short-sighted in the extreme.Nor, though, are the Democrats blameless.

Accusing Mr. Mazzo of being a tipper rather than an innocent source means the S.E.C. will have to show that his disclosure of the impending transaction was not an accident or based on a misguided belief about the trustworthiness of a longtime friend.

"It's based on a misguided assumption that we have a comprehensive system," he says.

Ordinary pay systems are based on a misguided notion of fairness, and so have a relatively small difference between the highest- and lowest-paid employees.

But Ryan's proposal is based on a misguided and attenuated definition of government spending, and it conflicts with what Americans want and expect from health care reform.

But it might be a misguided pursuit, based on a faulty premise.

Based on one misguided study, numerous media claim that most full-time dads stay home because they can't get jobs, or have other reasons that don't involve a desire to actually care for their kids.

The war on heroin is based on a view of the drug as misguided as the Tunisian physician's view of tea, argue the authors.

In the military these initiatives were collected together under the catchy phrase "Shock and Awe"; in foreign policy, the model program was styled "Operation Iraqi Freedom" -- relabeled by Obama in 2010 as "Operation New Dawn". But in both the military and foreign policy realms these were misguided efforts based on a false assumption.

But based on a sampling of three productions it is a strong year, with not a willfully misguided staging among them.