It is not that Johnson's claim is groundless, but that it is misleading.
Source: tatoeba (52802)
Misleading
//(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "misleading" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
inaccuratejanglejarlyingmeretriciousmisdirectingmisdirectionmiseducativemisguidancemisguidingmisinformationmisinformingmisinstructionmisinstructivemisknowledgemismatchmistakablemisteachingmystificationobfuscation
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obscurantismobscurationostensibleperplexingperversionphantasmagoricphantasmalphantomplausiblepuzzlingquestionableseemingself-deceptiveself-deludingsophisticsophisticalsophistryspeciousspectralsupposititioustortuoustreacheroustrickishtricksytrickyunactualunfoundedunrealunsubstantialuntrueuntruthfulvainvisionarywrong
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παραγωγός adj (tending to mislead)
- πλάνος adj (tending to mislead)
Arabic
1 entries- مُضَلِّل adj (tending to mislead)
Belarusian
1 entries- зма́нлівы adj (tending to mislead)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заблуждаващ adj (tending to mislead)
- подвеждащ adj (tending to mislead)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 使人產生誤解 /使人产生误解 adj (tending to mislead)
- 易誤解的 /易误解的 adj (tending to mislead)
- 虛幻的 /虚幻的 adj (tending to mislead)
- 誤導的 /误导的 adj (tending to mislead)
Czech
1 entries- zavádějící adj (tending to mislead)
Dutch
1 entries- misleidend adj (tending to mislead)
Esperanto
2 entries- misgvida adj (tending to mislead)
- miskonkludiga adj (tending to mislead)
Finnish
4 entries- erehdyttävä adj (tending to mislead)
- harhaanjohtava adj (tending to mislead)
- harhauttava adj (tending to mislead)
- petollinen adj (tending to mislead)
French
1 entries- trompeur adj (tending to mislead)
Georgian
2 entries- მომატყუებელი adj (tending to mislead)
- შეცდომაში შემყვანი adj (tending to mislead)
German
3 entries- irreführend adj (tending to mislead)
- missverständlich adj (tending to mislead)
- verwirrend adj (tending to mislead)
Greek
1 entries- παραπλανητικός adj (tending to mislead)
Hebrew
1 entries- מטעה adj (tending to mislead)
Hindi
1 entries- भ्रामक adj (tending to mislead)
Hungarian
2 entries- félrevezető adj (tending to mislead)
- megtévesztő adj (tending to mislead)
Italian
1 entries- fuorviante adj (tending to mislead)
Japanese
1 entries- 紛らわしい adj (tending to mislead)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- misvisende adj (tending to mislead)
Portuguese
2 entries- enganoso adj (tending to mislead)
- ilusório adj (tending to mislead)
Russian
4 entries- вводя́щий в заблужде́ние adj (tending to mislead)
- дезориенти́рующий adj (tending to mislead)
- ло́жный adj (tending to mislead)
- обма́нчивый adj (tending to mislead)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- dezorijentirajući adj (tending to mislead)
- obmanjivački adj (tending to mislead)
- prijetvoran adj (tending to mislead)
Spanish
4 entries- delusorio adj (tending to mislead)
- descaminante adj (tending to mislead)
- desencaminante adj (tending to mislead)
- despistante adj (tending to mislead)
Swedish
2 entries- missvisande adj (tending to mislead)
- vilseledande adj (tending to mislead)
Ukrainian
1 entries- обма́нливий adj (tending to mislead)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
In either case, the division is real and useful; but it can also be misleading.
Source: tatoeba (66466)
Though it is true that every normal human being is able to use language, it is misleading to compare this with his ability to eat, sleep, or walk.
Source: tatoeba (318816)
Many websites prohibit misleading usernames that imply an official role on the website such as "admin," "administrator," "webmaster," "system operator," "sysop," or "moderator."
Source: tatoeba (770346)
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