The phrase 'misdirected by' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used to indicate that someone was misled or misguided by a person or situation. For example: "I was misdirected by my colleague and ended up making a mistake."
They asked for directions and were misdirected by other riders.
But don't be misdirected by this parcel of technical information.
Cameron is not the first to be misdirected by the past.
But in this case, I was misdirected by the elaborate Latin.
With a border that is rugged and largely unmarked, the risk of fire being misdirected by accident is always present.
But, on appeal, the Lord Chief Justice quashed his conviction on the grounds that the jury was misdirected by the trial judge, Charles Wide.
Only the alertness of 'keeper Seamus Kelly prevented Rosenborg taking the lead when he dived to push away a misdirected header by Heary for a corner with the home side now applying all the pressure.
In the 25th minute, as Stoke were looking increasingly confident, a horribly misdirected pass by James O'Connor left Lisbie bearing down on goal and the 21-year-old beat Ward with an unerring low strike.
"In my judgment, Ms Smith misdirected herself by focusing on the nature and location of her job (where she spent her long working day) and not the nature and location of her overnight accommodation (where she went whenever her working life allowed).
After you finish "searching" for the source of the voice, a good way to keep the listener misdirected is by keeping your eyes locked on the fake source.
Mrs. Faulkner's life-long campaign against Mumia Abu-Jamal is fueled, yes, by pain, but also by a blind anger that has been nurtured, misdirected and manipulated by the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).
