misleadingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Another video, featuring the same child and misleadingly titled “She Got Diagnosed With Cancer,” has more than 4 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Represented by Top Class Actions of Santa Monica, California, the lawsuit alleges that McDonald’s misleadingly advertises breakfast combos with orange juice at a fixed price but then imposes a hidden surcharge.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024
But the majority provides a misleadingly incomplete quote from Farrar’s book.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
Reflective surfaces can also appear, misleadingly, to be leaking heat.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
But wording should be varied when an entity is referred to multiple times in quick succession and repeating the name would sound monotonous or would misleadingly suggest that a new actor had entered the scene.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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