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MISLEADING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does misleading mean?

• MISLEADING (adjective)
The adjective MISLEADING has 1 sense:

1. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Familiarity information: MISLEADING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MISLEADING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Synonyms:

misleading; deceptive; shoddy

Context examples:

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

Similar:

dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

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