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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌndɪˈɹɛkt/, /ʌndaɪˈɹɛkt/
Etymology 1
From un- + direct.
Verb
undirect (third-person singular simple present undirects, present participle undirecting, simple past and past participle undirected)
- (transitive) To misdirect; mislead.
1647, Tho[mas] Fuller, “Meditations on the Times”, in Good Thoughts in Worse Times. , London: W. W. for John Williams , →OCLC, section II (Wofull Wealth), pages 99–100:BArbarous is the cuſtome of ſome Engliſh People on the Sea ſide, to prey on the goods of poore ſhipwrack’t Merchants. But more diveliſh in their deſigne, who make falſe fires, to undirect Sea-men in a Tempeſt, that thereby from the right Road, they may be miſled into danger and deſtruction.
Etymology 2
From un- (“not”) + direct.
Adjective
undirect (comparative more undirect, superlative most undirect)
- Not direct.
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