misguided

1. ADJ If you describe an opinion or plan as misguided, you are critical of it because you think it is based on an incorrect idea. You can also describe people as misguided. (觀點或計劃) 以錯誤觀唸爲指導的; (人) 誤入歧途的[表不滿]

In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness. 他試圖使自己很風趣，可弄巧成拙地冒犯了別人。