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adjective
- 1. giving the wrong idea or impression: "your article contains a number of misleading statements"
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MISLEADING definition: 1. causing someone to believe something that is not true: 2. causing someone to believe something…. Learn more.
Misleading definition: deceptive; tending to mislead. . See examples of MISLEADING used in a sentence.
: to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit. His comments were a deliberate attempt to mislead the public. intransitive verb. : to lead astray : give a wrong impression. exciting as they are, they mislead E. M. Forster. misleader noun. misleadingly. ˌmis-ˈlē-diŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. bamboozle.
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. Synonym. misinform. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to say something not true in order to deceive. lie All she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
If you describe something as misleading, you mean that it gives you a wrong idea or impression. It would be misleading to say that we were friends. The article contains several misleading statements. Synonyms: confusing, false, ambiguous, deceptive More Synonyms of misleading.
Define misleading. misleading synonyms, misleading pronunciation, misleading translation, English dictionary definition of misleading. adj. Tending to mislead; deceptive. mis·lead′ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
adjective. /ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ giving the wrong idea or impression and making you believe something that is not true synonym deceptive. misleading information/advertisements. It would be seriously misleading to suggest that television has no effect on children. Extra Examples. Topics Personal qualities c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
