Meaning of misleading in English

1. Pronunciation

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1. Classifying Adjective

   misleading

   Definitions

   1. tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

   Examples

   • « the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm »
   • « deliberately deceptive packaging »
   • « a misleading similarity »
   • « statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading »

   Synonyms

   • dishonest
   • dishonorable