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astray

[uh-strey]

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out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route: Despite specific instructions, they went astray and got lost.

away from that which is right; into error, confusion, or undesirable action or thought: They were led astray by their lust for money.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English astraye < Anglo-French *astraié, Old French estraié, past participle of estraier; see stray

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Example Sentences

In this overstuffed sentence, three plural nouns appeared between the singular subject and the verb, leading us astray.

Animals' instincts lead them astray in modern, much-altered environments.

But foreign donors are also frustrated that aid money goes astray.

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In this overstuffed sentence, three plural nouns appeared between the singular subject and the verb, leading us astray.

Animals' instincts lead them astray in modern, much-altered environments.

But foreign donors are also frustrated that aid money goes astray.

But a traveler half-crazed by thirst could go fatally astray while pursuing such a vision.

The dietary guide introduced a decade ago has led people astray.

The briefcases also have a tracking feature that allows a computer gone astray to call home for help.

Even in this short sentence, the intervening phrase led us astray.

Vedder's commentary is an excellent example of how easy it is to go astray in these efforts.

Many millions of dollars of foreign aid have already gone astray.

Periodically, once or twice a decade, the river of krill seems to go astray.

Then and now, any science that is tainted with blind belief will lead us astray.

When one of the channels is missing, such as facial cues or vocal tone, we're often lead completely astray.

Insisting that there must be quantifiable metrics can lead us astray in accurately evaluating performance.

He soon grew wise to the tactic, and would not be led astray.

Reuben and the gang aim to show the way to any who go astray.

First, where this article goes astray in my opinion.

Choosing the wrong methodology can lead science, and the public, astray.

But several others described being led astray by studies that turned out to be immaterial or steeped in opaque discourse.

But chemical and biological kit and agents may also have gone astray.

The bad news: a new study indicates that the system is vulnerable to hackers who could manipulate it and send us astray.

He worried about leading his frightened countrymen astray.

But there are other times when that will lead you astray.

Bad judgment and shoddy data-processing and programming led more money to go astray.

Further, parents are being led astray by advertisers.

But if the beam is obscured by clouds or fog, the bomb can go astray.

They would come in a capacity that would prevent the ability to choose right from wrong, to be tempted, or to be led astray.

Leaving such variables out can easily lead econometricians astray.

It's a minefield, and there are many ways the unwary can go astray.

The same source also noted that her straightforward, no-nonsense character may also have led her astray.

Aristotle was certainly led astray in part simply because he thought slaves were inferior people in some sense.

The ochre walls of the piazza are also scarred, with pockmarks from bullets gone astray.

Perhaps investors get led astray by the advice they receive.

Don't be led astray by the statistics of the present situation as though it where static.

Tippins feels he was lured into crime by the informer, but he acknowledges that he went astray.

When markets go astray the answer is not to make the taxpayer step in once more, but to introduce better regulation.

As a study of the reasons why youngsters go astray its intentions are a good deal more honorable than the result.

One can quickly go astray attempting to gauge the tightness of monetary policy by looking at interest rates.

And as a hopeful director on his first film, he goes astray before he's fairly begun.

Mahbubani got astray with respect to topic of discussion.

We have been led astray by money and believe that it is the solution.

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World English Dictionary

astray (əˈstreɪ)

—*adj, —adv*
1.	out of the correct path or direction
2.	out of the right, good, or expected way; into error

[C13: from Old French estraie roaming, from estraier to stray]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

astray

c.1300, astraied, borrowed from O.Fr. estraie, pp. of estraier "astray, riderless, lost," lit. "on stray" (see stray (v.)).

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

astray

see best-laid plans go astray; go astray.