Misleading

//(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of mislead form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"It is not that Johnson's claim is groundless, but that it is misleading."

Etymology

From mislead + -ing.

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