Misleading
[mɪs'liːdɪŋ] or [,mɪs'lidɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mislead
(a.) Leading astray; delusive.
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Examples
- Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Their conductor pursued an opposite road from that which Wamba had recommended, for the purpose of misleading them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It will be found that few, if any, misleading directions have been given. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This arrangement tends to obviate any misleading deflections that might arise through changes in the battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It may easily be believed that the term subdivision was a misleading one to these early experimenters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These modern phrases are very misleading unless they are carefully qualified. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In his later years he desired that the misleading anecdote should be suppressed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Even then for many enthusiasts the comparison is misleading. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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