misleading

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QED: Lieberman was misleading, the title is not deceitful.

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  1. adjective Tending to mislead; deceptive.

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  • Before you think Mr. Blowhard is just your typical liberal purveyor of false, misleading, and outright dishonest analysis of conservative opinion, get a load of this: —  Right Wing Nut House
  • The term is quite misleading, as it refers to many things which were formulated before Darwin published —  Only a Game
  • QED: Lieberman was misleading, the title is not deceitful. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • But because it is so misleading -- treating a strategic disagreement as a stand against men and women in uniform —  Free Democracy
  • Industry claims that coal already is clean are "misleading," says Mr. Hawkins. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
 

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misleading:   mislead ·  misled ·  misleads
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/mɪsˈlidɪŋ/
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