• Misleading

    Full definition of misleading

    Adjective

    misleading

    1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

    Derived terms

    Verb

    misleading
    1. Present participle of mislead

    Noun

    misleading

    (plural misleadings)
    1. A deception that misleads.
      • 2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.
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