misleading

English

Etymology

From mislead +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Adjective

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

   Antonyms: clear, unconfusing, unmisleading

   • 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1:

     The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded.

Derived terms

• misleadingly
• unmisleading

Translations

tending to mislead

Arabic: مُضَلِّل (muḍallil) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: зма́нлівы (zmánlivy) Bulgarian: заблуждаващ (bg) (zabluždavašt), подвеждащ (bg) (podveždašt) Chinese: Mandarin: 易誤解的／易误解的 (yì wùjiě de), 誤導的／误导的 (zh) (wùdǎo de), 虛幻的／虚幻的 (zh) (xūhuàn de), 使人產生誤解／使人产生误解 (shǐrén chǎnshēng wùjiě) Czech: zavádějící (cs) Dutch: misleidend (nl) Esperanto: miskonkludiga, misgvida Finnish: harhaanjohtava (fi), erehdyttävä (fi), petollinen (fi), harhauttava French: trompeur (fr) Georgian: შეცდომაში შემყვანი (šecdomaši šemq̇vani), მომატყუებელი (momaṭq̇uebeli) German: irreführend (de), missverständlich (de), verwirrend (de) Greek: παραπλανητικός (el) (paraplanitikós) Ancient: παραγωγός (paragōgós), πλάνος (plános) Hebrew: מטעה m (mat'é) Hungarian: félrevezető (hu), megtévesztő (hu) Italian: fuorviante (it) Japanese: 紛らわしい (ja) (まぎらわしい, magirawashii) Norwegian: Bokmål: misvisende Portuguese: enganoso (pt) m, ilusório (pt) m Russian: обма́нчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj), дезориенти́рующий (ru) (dezorijentírujuščij), (false) ло́жный (ru) (lóžnyj), вводя́щий в заблужде́ние (vvodjáščij v zabluždénije) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: prijetvoran (sh), obmanjivački, dezorijentirajući Spanish: engañoso (es), ilusorio (es), erróneo (es), equívoco (es), despistante, falaz (es), delusivo m, delusorio m Swedish: vilseledande (sv), missvisande (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: обма́нливий (obmánlyvyj)

Verb

misleading

1. present participle and gerund of mislead

Noun

misleading (plural misleadings)

1. A deception that misleads.

   Synonyms: disinformation, false pretense, fakeout, head fake, misinformation, ploy, ruse

   • 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.

Anagrams

• misaligned, misdealing