misleading
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- misleadingly adverb
- misleadingness noun
Etymology
Origin of misleading
Example Sentences
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"Rather than address these well-known issues, however, Walmart has persisted in these practices and continues to attract and retain drivers and customers to Spark with false earning claims and misleading representations," it said.
From BBC
Topol warns that the negative effect of misleading AI information may not only fall on patients, but on the AI field itself.
From Los Angeles Times
IonQ told Barron’s, which was the first to report on the allegations, that the firm had made “false, misleading, and unsubstantiated claims.”
From Barron's
He went through the FBI's response to Brown University and called the allegations of a delayed response both "misleading" and "ridiculous".
From BBC
For example, Bondi served as the lead attorney for billionaire Trevor Milton, who was convicted of defrauding investors in 2022, in a scheme in which Milton made misleading statements targeting “retail investors.”
From Salon
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