misleading

mislead +‎ -ing

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)

1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.

   Synonyms: confusing, misdirective, mistakable

   Antonyms: clear, unconfusing, unmisleading

   • 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1:

     The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded.

• misleadingly
• unmisleading

misleading

1. present participle and gerund of mislead

misleading (plural misleadings)

1. A deception that misleads.

   Synonyms: disinformation, false pretense, fakeout, head fake, misinformation, ploy, ruse

   • 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.

• misaligned, misdealing