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Meanings of misleading in English

Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.

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Examples for "deceptive"
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Those cases have dealt with deceptive statements by companies and security lapses.
Reuters
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Out in the open, and especially in the mountains, distances are deceptive.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service
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He added that this type of activity constitutes fraud and deceptive practices.
Wired
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She was, in reality, less deceptive in that respect than in others.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
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They have suggested that AOL may be guilty of deceptive trade practices.
Wired
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Social work and social workers often receive shoddy treatment from the media.
The Guardian
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His words were widely seen as justification for illegal and shoddy construction.
Reuters
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The problem is not that Beck sends people to a shoddy company.
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
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That disaster fueled anger over reports of shoddy construction, among other shortcomings.
Reuters
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He said WaMu made hundreds of billions of dollars in shoddy loans.
Reuters
Usage of misleading in English
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However, academics said the comparison with such private sector companies was misleading.
Reuters
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Of course, misleading posters can, from time to time, be quite beautiful.
The Irish Times
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But Universities New Zealand says the research is 'misleading' for young people.
Radio NZ
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However, he warned that the Ministry's data was misleading for various reasons.
Radio NZ
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Brands are no longer able to make misleading claims without consumer recourse.
The South African
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This is misleading physicians, said John Jabbour of the World Health Organisation.
Reuters
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Speaking from China, Dr Brash said Ms Thomas had been totally misleading.
Radio NZ
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That'd be misleading, unnecessarily flip, and would result in missing body parts.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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It also admitted to misleading consumers about the safety of affected vehicles.
Reuters
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But to say that the work is simply photographic would be misleading.
The Irish Times
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The evidence is, however, that Thomas Wright's 1881 translation is seriously misleading.
The Irish Times
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The advertising watchdog banned the ad for misleading health and nutrition claims.
The Guardian
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This is misleading physicians, said John Jabbour of the World Health Organization.
Reuters
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Awwa said the payment numbers for his practice were correct, but misleading.
Reuters
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In politics I accept the label Socialist, though all labels are misleading.
Odd John
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However, describing i-ELOOP as a regenerative braking system is a bit misleading.
Wired
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Common
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