- present participle of mislead.
misleading
Example Sentences
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“The entity’s failure is not a prerequisite for there to be a crime in intentionally misleading conduct,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Qatar "categorically denied" Iran's claims and said it was "surprised by these misleading statements".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
But this is also misleading because the study’s data covered completed pregnancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In March, the jury found Meta violated the state's Unfair Practices Act by misleading consumers about the safety of its products for children.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
First, it was well known that working with scale models could often be misleading, because full-size machines often performed quite differently.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
