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Webster 1913 Edition


Misleading

Mis-lead′ing

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Adj.
Leading astray; delusive.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misleading

MISLE'ADING

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ppr.
Leading into error; causing to err; deceiving.

Definition 2024


misleading

misleading

English

Adjective

misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)

  1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

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Verb

misleading

  1. present participle of mislead

Noun

misleading (plural misleadings)

  1. A deception that misleads.
    • 2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
      According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.

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