Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Tending to mislead; deceptive.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Tending to lead astray; deceptive: as, a misleading theory.
Wiktionary
- adj. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.
- v. present participle of mislead.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Leading astray; delusive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
Examples
“Is the title misleading, absolutely, but anyone who sees the word FREE on any Ad and does not read the disclaimers is an idiot.”
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“The Veterans of Foreign War called the pot group use of the acronym "misleading and illegal,”
“I know some people who found the title misleading and believed the film to be another terrorist drama.”
“A better question would be, why is the title misleading?”
“After Politico reported Gingrich appearing to agree with a voter in South Carolina to lay off, his campaign sent out a statement over what it called "misleading reports":Instead of accepting the responsibility to answer questions about his business background, the Romney campaign is throwing up a smokescreen about an attack on capitalism.”
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“That attracted the ire of a nongovernmental competition watchdog, which last week sued Opel for what it called misleading advertising.”
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“Insurers are angry because the night before the bill markup, the government Medicaid office instructed them to cease sending what it called misleading and confusing information about the bill to clients.”
“They're appearing before a congressional committee, demanding to know why they were told what they call misleading information about how their son died.”
“They're appearing before a congressional committee demanding to know why they were told what they call misleading information about their son's death.”
“Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate what he calls "misleading safety claims and deceptive practices.”
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