mis·lead·ing
mis·lead·ing/ˌmisˈlēdiNG/
adjective
giving the wrong idea or impression.
"your article contains a number of misleading statements"
synonyms: deceptive, confusing, deceiving, equivocal, ambiguous, fallacious, specious, spurious, false, mock, pseudo, illusory, delusive, evasive, casuistic, sophistical
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The meaning of MISLEAD is to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit. How to use mislead in a sentence.
Misleading definition: deceptive; tending to mislead. . See examples of MISLEADING used in a sentence.
The meaning of MISLEADING is possessing the capacity or tendency to create a mistaken understanding or impression.
: to cause (someone) to believe something that is not true [+ object] We believe that her comments were deliberately meant to mislead the public.
to cause someone to believe something that is not true: He has admitted misleading the police about his movements on the night of the murder.
Use the verb mislead to describe what you're doing when you don't tell the whole truth, or when you let someone believe something false.
giving the wrong idea or impression and making you believe something that is not true. synonym deceptive.
3 days ago · causing someone to believe something that is not true: The instructions were confusing and even misleading in some cases.
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. Pronunciation. US. /ˈmɪsˌlidɪŋ/. UK. /mɪsˈlidɪŋ/. Cite this entry.
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