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misleading

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mis·lead·ing  (ms-ldng)
adj.
Tending to mislead; deceptive.

mis·leading·ly adv.

misleading [mɪsˈliːdɪŋ]
adj
tending to confuse or mislead; deceptive
misleadingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.misleading - designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

misleading
adjective confusing, false, ambiguous, deceptive, spurious, evasive, disingenuous, tricky (informal), deceitful, specious, delusive, delusory, sophistical, casuistical, unstraightforward The article contains several misleading statements.
open, clear, true, direct, simple, frank, obvious, correct, plain, genuine, straightforward, explicit, sincere, honest, candid, truthful, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)
Translations
misleading [mɪsˈliːdɪŋ] ADJengañoso

misleading [ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ] adj [statement] → fallacieux/euse
deliberately misleading information → des informations volontairement fallacieuses
It would be misleading to say that we were friends
BUT Il serait erroné de dire que nous sommes amis.

misleading
adjirreführend; the misleading simplicity of his styledie täuschende Einfachheit seines Stils

misleading [ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ] adjingannevole, fuorviante
misleading [ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ] adjingannevole, fuorviante

misleading مُضَلِل zavádějící vildledende irreführend παραπλανητικός engañoso harhaanjohtava trompeur obmanut fuorviante 誤解を招く 오도하는 misleidend villedende bałamutny enganoso вводящий в заблуждение vilseledande ซึ่งทำให้เข้าใจผิด yanıltıcı sai lạc 令人误解的


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You are an angel: I am not worthy of you, but I am afraid of misleading you.
Far from misleading him, as he supposed, his fancy might have been employed to better purpose, if it had taken a higher flight still--and had associated Emily with the fateful gloom of tragedy, in place of the brighter interest of romance.
Jones thinks," are misleading if regarded as indicating an analysis of a single thought.
 
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