Sentence examples for based on the misguided from inspiring English sources
The ECB added that "it would set a dangerous precedent to call off a tour based on the misguided and inaccurate remarks made by one individual".
The economists argue that current government policy – which is for Britain to take 20,000 Syrians by 2020, plus an uncertain number of unaccompanied child refugees – is "based on the misguided premise that refugees will be deterred from travelling to the EU" by a refusal to take in those who have arrived "and by refusing to offer safe or legal routes by which to come".
"Foreign investment in agriculture was initially encouraged based on the misguided assumption that it would aid local communities.
When future historians look back on the gun control wars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, they will consider Wayne LaPierre, if they consider him at all, to be a right-wing nut whose influence (like the Wizard of Oz) was based on the misguided perception that he actually represented more than a small number of "gun rights" extremists.
Indeed, Senators blocking the cloture motion to end debate and proceed to an up-or-down vote for each nominee's confirmation admit that their objection is not that the individual nominees are unqualified to serve, but instead based on the misguided idea that the president is "court-packing" this important court by filling vacant seats.
Based on the (largely misguided) idea that far-right parties are gaining as a consequence of the economic crisis, mainstream commentators and politicians are warning for a strong far-right presence in the next European Parliament.
As a high school student in the 1960's, I knew I didn't have the right stuff for the science-fair circuit from my very first (and only) project, which was based on the profoundly misguided idea that water pollution might actually benefit the health of animals.
The goal: to pressure Congress to pass a debt-reduction package based on the most misguided proposals of the Bowles-Simpson plan, including lowering taxes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans such as the CEOs leading this effort.
However, May's remarks are based on the common yet misguided assumption that extreme ideological material, and its availability on the internet, is what drives terrorism.
My criticism is based on the church's continued misguided positions on a number of social concerns; its refusal to welcome women as priests, drop the celibacy requirement for priesthood, and effectively solve the sexual abuse tragedy; and now its investigation of our American nuns.
