If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes.
例句
Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past.过去，许多对发展中国家的援助计划没有得到合理实施。
VERB
将…引错方向;给…指错方向
If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction.
例句
He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.他故意给记者们指错方向。
英汉词典释义
vt.
给…指错方向
I wanted to go to the station, but I was misdirected.我要到火车站去，但别人给我指错了方向。
n.
英英词典释义
Verb
1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;
"debauch the young people with wine and women""Socrates was accused of corrupting young men""Do school counselors subvert young children?""corrupt the morals"
2. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions;
"The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"