"misleading" meaning in English

See misleading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-misleading.wav Forms: more misleading [comparative], most misleading [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From 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 /易误解的 (yì wùjiě de) (Chinese Mandarin), 誤導的 /误导的 (wùdǎo de) (Chinese Mandarin), 虛幻的 /虚幻的 (xūhuàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 使人產生誤解 /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), erróneo (Spanish), equívoco (Spanish), despistante (Spanish), falaz (Spanish), delusivo (Spanish), delusorio (Spanish), descaminante (Spanish), desencaminante (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 Forms: misleadings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From 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
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Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-misleading.wav
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: From 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "disinformation"
        },
        {
          "word": "false pretense"
        },
        {
          "word": "fakeout"
        },
        {
          "word": "head fake"
        },
        {
          "word": "misinformation"
        },
        {
          "word": "ploy"
        },
        {
          "word": "ruse"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːdɪŋ"
    }
  ],
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}

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