- present participle of mislead.
misleading
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Yakubu, the ActionAid director, said the most effective way to counter the misinformation would be to “quickly track down the misleading rumors and pull them down.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
As I’ve written before, most of the research showing that UPFs are bad for health is low-quality and very misleading.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Sanz said references to 23 missing people were misleading, explaining that the figure referred to people whose relatives had been unable to contact them and who could have reached evacuation centres or other safe locations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
But some campaigners pointed to the actions of intelligence agencies after the Manchester Arena bombing, when MI5 was accused of misleading the inquiry into the incident.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
They would ask the people to go to work when we called a general strike, and make misleading statements to counter any pronouncement we would make.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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