MISLEADING

deceptive, misleading

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

Synonyms

• mistakable

• confusing

Verb

misleading

present participle of mislead

Noun

misleading (plural misleadings)

A deception that misleads.

Anagrams

• misaligned, misdealing

Source: Wiktionary

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Mis*lead"ing, a.

Definition: Leading astray; delusive.

MISLEAD

Mis*lead", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misled; p. pr. & vb. n. Misleading.] Etym: [AS. misl. See Mis-, and Lead to conduct.]

Definition: To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton.

Syn.

– To delude; deceive. See Deceive.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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