misleading

Plural: misleadings

Verb

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
• give false or misleading information to
• present participle and gerund of mislead

Adjective Satellite

• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
  • "a misleading similarity"
  • "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"

Adj

• Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.

Noun

• A deception that misleads.

Synonyms

deceptive, lead astray, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mislead, shoddy, confusing, disinformation, fakeout, false pretense, head fake, misdirective, misinformation, mistakable, ploy, ruse

Antonyms

clear, unconfusing, unmisleading

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