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Definition of Misleading
1. Adjective. Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently. "Shoddy business practices"
Similar to: Dishonest, Dishonorable
Derivative terms: Deceive, Deceive, Deceptiveness
Definition of Misleading
1. a. Leading astray; delusive.
Definition of Misleading
1. Adjective. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of mislead) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misleading
1. mislead [v] - See also: mislead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misleading
Literary usage of Misleading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Accounting Practice and Procedure by Arthur Lowes Dickinson (1913)
"misleading Statements in Balance Sheets The following instances of misleading
descriptions which are not unknown in practice will show clearly the danger ..."
2. Journal by New York Microscopical Society, Chartered Insurance Institute, World Resources Institute, Institute of Transport (London, England) (1902)
"There is also another point which I think has scarcely had the attention which
it deserves: I refer to the disturbing and misleading effect, ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"It is not error to refuse a misleading instruction. [Ed. Note.—For cases In point,
... misleading ..."
4. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"The old Norse narrative-writings are called "sagas," a word which we are in the
habit of using in English as equivalent to leg- misleading endary or ..."
5. A Treatise on the Specific Performance of Contracts by Edward Fry (1892)
"A condition of sale may, of course, with- dition. out any intentional fraud or
misrepresentation, be in fact misleading or erroneous. ..."
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