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mis·lead·ing
(mĭs-lē′dĭng)adj.
Tending to mislead; deceptive.
mis·lead′ing·ly adv.
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misleading
(mɪsˈliːdɪŋ)adj
tending to confuse or mislead; deceptive
misˈleadingly adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
mis•lead•ing
(mɪsˈli dɪŋ)adj.
tending to mislead; deceptive.
[1630–40]
mis•lead′ing•ly, adv.
mis•lead′ing•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | misleading - 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" dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
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misleading
adjective confusing, false, ambiguous, deceptive, spurious, evasive, disingenuous, tricky (informal), deceitful, specious, delusive, delusory, sophistical, casuistical, unstraightforward The article contains several misleading statements.
open, clear, true, direct, simple, frank, obvious, correct, plain, genuine, straightforward, explicit, sincere, honest, candid, truthful, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)
open, clear, true, direct, simple, frank, obvious, correct, plain, genuine, straightforward, explicit, sincere, honest, candid, truthful, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)
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misleading
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Translations
مُضَلِّلٌمُضَلِّل، خادِع
klamnýzavádějící
vildledende
harhaanjohtava
varav
félrevezetõ
villandi, blekkjandi
誤解を招く
오도하는
klamný
zavajajoč
vilseledande
ซึ่งทำให้เข้าใจผิด
sai lạc
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
misleading
[ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ] adj [statement] → fallacieux/eusedeliberately misleading information → des informations volontairement fallacieuses
It would be misleading to say that we were friends
BUT Il serait erroné de dire que nous sommes amis.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
misleading
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mislead
(misˈliːd) – past tense, past participle misˈled (-ˈled) – verb to give a wrong idea to. Her friendly attitude misled me into thinking I could trust her.
misˈleading adjectivea misleading remark.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
misleading
→ مُضَلِّلٌ zavádějící vildledende irreführend παραπλανητικός engañoso harhaanjohtava trompeur varav fuorviante 誤解を招く 오도하는 misleidend villedende wprowadzający w błąd enganoso вводящий в заблуждение vilseledande ซึ่งทำให้เข้าใจผิด yanıltıcı sai lạc 令人误解的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
misleading
a. engañoso-a, descaminado-a, erróneo-a.
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