Missriktade

Missriktade is a Swedish adjective meaning misdirected or directed at the wrong target. It is formed from the prefix miss- (wrong, incorrectly) and riktad (directed) and follows the normal inflection of Swedish adjectives. The basic forms include missriktad for singular common gender, missriktat for singular neuter, and missriktade for plural or definite phrases, with agreement in gender and number as in other adjectives.

usage and meaning

In Swedish discourse, missriktade is used to describe actions, policies, information, or efforts that fail to achieve their intended aim because they are misdirected, poorly targeted, or based on faulty assumptions. The term often appears in political, administrative, or media analyses when critiquing how resources are allocated, how messages are aimed, or how interventions are designed.

Examples of common collocations include missriktade insatser (misdirected efforts), missriktad information (misdirected information), and missriktade åtgärder (misdirected measures). The word connotes a judgment that the direction or targeting was inappropriate, rather than merely ineffective.

etymology and related terms

Missriktade derives from miss- plus riktad, akin to other Swedish compounds formed with miss- to indicate error or wrong direction. Related terms in the same semantic field include misinformerad (misinformed), misled, and felriktad (incorrectly directed) in more technical or colloquial usage.

See also

misinformation, misdirection, misallocation.