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Synonyms for misleading
mɪsˈli dɪŋmis·lead·ing

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  1. deceptive, misleading, shoddyadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry, deceptive, jerry-built, delusory

    Antonyms:
    honorable, honest

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  1. deluded

    giving the wrong idea or impression.

    your article contains a number of misleading statements.

    Submitted by JP03 on January 26, 2015  

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  1. misleadingadjective

    Synonyms:
    delusive, deceitful, fallacious, illusive

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How to use misleading in a sentence?

  1. Neama Rahmani:

    Gascon’s statement is misleading for several reasons, the defendant was charged with assault causing great bodily injury, which isn’t a ‘strike’ under California’s three strikes law, when he could have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, which is a strike.

  2. Bill Freimuth:

    Spurious allegations claiming members or committees use our process to push forward nominations for artists they have relationships with are categorically false, misleading and wrong.

  3. Ivy Choi:

    Our Community Guidelines prohibit content misleading viewers about voting, for example content aiming to mislead voters about the time, place, means or eligibility requirements for voting, or false claims that could materially discourage voting. The content of this video doesn't rise to that level.

  4. Cynthia Graham:

    It’s not unusual for women to have multiple orgasms, so to talk about super orgasms…it’s, in my opinion, a bit misleading.

  5. Eric Williams ':

    The numbers are misleading, i thought about it a lot.


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