misleading
English
Etymology
mislead + -ing
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Adjective
misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)
- Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Synonyms
- mistakable
- confusing
Derived terms
- misleadingly
- unmisleading
Translations
tending to mislead
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Verb
misleading
- present participle of mislead
Noun
misleading (plural misleadings)
- 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.
- 2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
Anagrams
- misaligned, misdealing