"disleading" meaning in English

See disleading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ Forms: more disleading [comparative], most disleading [superlative]
Etymology: Blend of dis- + misleading. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|dis-|misleading}} Blend of dis- + misleading Head templates: {{en-adj}} disleading (comparative more disleading, superlative most disleading)
  1. (nonstandard, malapropism) Alternative form of misleading. Tags: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Alternative form of: misleading
    Sense id: en-disleading-en-adj-0TSyjUvD Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1913, Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, page 425",
          "text": "A seed is misbranded if the package or label bears any statement, design or device which is false or disleading in any particular.",
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          "ref": "1935, National Petroleum News 1935-10-23: Vol 27 Iss 43, page 23",
          "text": "Direct Service and Trackage Oil is charged with disleading advertising.",
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          "ref": "1968, The Gateway (1968-09-17), page 1",
          "text": "Bordo maintained the word ‘partisan’ in the second clause of the resolution was unnecessary and disleading because the stands taken by CUS were political in the sense that every organization takes political stands.",
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          "ref": "2023, Kyle Hill, 12s from the start, in YouTube’s Science Scam Crisis",
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