"misleading" meaning in English

See misleading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-misleading.wav [US] Forms: more misleading [comparative], most misleading [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: mislead + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mislead|ing}} mislead + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)
  1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. Synonyms: confusing, misdirective, mistakable Derived forms: misleadingly, unmisleading Translations (tending to mislead): παραγωγός (paragōgós) (Ancient Greek), πλάνος (plános) (Ancient Greek), مُضَلِّل (muḍallil) (Arabic), зма́нлівы (zmánlivy) (Belarusian), заблуждаващ (zabluždavašt) (Bulgarian), подвеждащ (podveždašt) (Bulgarian), 易誤解的 (Chinese Mandarin), 易误解的 (yì wùjiě de) (Chinese Mandarin), 誤導的 (Chinese Mandarin), 误导的 (wùdǎo de) (Chinese Mandarin), 虛幻的 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚幻的 (xūhuàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 使人產生誤解 (Chinese Mandarin), 使人产生误解 (shǐrén chǎnshēng wùjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), zavádějící (Czech), misleidend (Dutch), miskonkludiga (Esperanto), misgvida (Esperanto), harhaanjohtava (Finnish), erehdyttävä (Finnish), petollinen (Finnish), harhauttava (Finnish), trompeur (French), შეცდომაში შემყვანი (šecdomaši šemq̇vani) (Georgian), მომატყუებელი (momaṭq̇uebeli) (Georgian), irreführend (German), missverständlich (German), verwirrend (German), παραπλανητικός (paraplanitikós) (Greek), מטעה (mat'é) [masculine] (Hebrew), félrevezető (Hungarian), megtévesztő (Hungarian), fuorviante (Italian), 紛らわしい (magirawashii) (alt: まぎらわしい) (Japanese), misvisende (Norwegian Bokmål), enganoso [masculine] (Portuguese), ilusório [masculine] (Portuguese), обма́нчивый (obmánčivyj) (Russian), дезориенти́рующий (dezorijentírujuščij) (Russian), ло́жный (lóžnyj) (english: false) (Russian), вводя́щий в заблужде́ние (vvodjáščij v zabluždénije) (Russian), prijetvoran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), obmanjivački [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dezorijentirajući [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), engañoso (Spanish), ilusorio (Spanish), vilseledande (Swedish), missvisande (Swedish), обма́нливий (obmánlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-misleading-en-adj-pAe3Nwds

Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-misleading.wav [US] Forms: misleadings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: mislead + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mislead|ing}} mislead + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} misleading (plural misleadings)
  1. A deception that misleads. Synonyms: disinformation, false pretense, fakeout, head fake, misinformation, ploy, ruse
    Sense id: en-misleading-en-noun-iuD7Z5ki

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-misleading.wav [US]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: mislead + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mislead|ing}} mislead + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} misleading
  1. present participle and gerund of mislead Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mislead
    Sense id: en-misleading-en-verb-Bnd2KgIM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 28 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 18 34 48

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "muḍallil",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "مُضَلِّل"
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      "roman": "zmánlivy",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "зма́нлівы"
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      "word": "заблуждаващ"
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      "word": "подвеждащ"
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "易誤解的"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "yì wùjiě de",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "易误解的"
    },
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "誤導的"
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "误导的"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "虛幻的"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xūhuàn de",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "虚幻的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "使人產生誤解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐrén chǎnshēng wùjiě",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "使人产生误解"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "zavádějící"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "misleidend"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "miskonkludiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "misgvida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "harhaanjohtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "erehdyttävä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "petollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "harhauttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "trompeur"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šecdomaši šemq̇vani",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "შეცდომაში შემყვანი"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "მომატყუებელი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "irreführend"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "missverständlich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "verwirrend"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "παραπλανητικός"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "félrevezető"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "fuorviante"
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      "alt": "まぎらわしい",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "misvisende"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "обма́нчивый"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "дезориенти́рующий"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "ло́жный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "вводя́щий в заблужде́ние"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "engañoso"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "vilseledande"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "missvisande"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obmánlyvyj",
      "sense": "tending to mislead",
      "word": "обма́нливий"
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