Misleading
/(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A deception that misleads.
"According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of mislead form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
"The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded."
Adjective
- 1 designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently wordnet
Example
More examples"It is not that Johnson's claim is groundless, but that it is misleading."
Etymology
From mislead + -ing.