misleading
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- misleadingly adverb
- misleadingness noun
Etymology
Origin of misleading
Example Sentences
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The article also included a statement from Steven Ginsberg, executive editor of the Athletic, who expressed full support of Russini and said the photos “are misleading and lack essential context.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
He said: "I only ever sought to defend the reputation of my colleagues from what I considered were unfair, misleading headlines about them. A job I was twice elected to do."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Trevor Milton, founder of the electric truck manufacturer Nikola, was convicted of misleading investors in 2022, presaging Nikola’s bankruptcy last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Just as robots can misplace blocks, chatbots can generate false or misleading outputs.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Surveys or polls which don’t include confidence intervals or margins of error are often misleading.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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