- present participle of mislead.
misleading
Example Sentences
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But that is a “very misleading statistic,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
We all know that social-media personas can be misleading.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
A report in 2021 by the coroner that carried out the Flint Cahan inquest warned that "a culture of impunity existed" at the Trust where "inaccurate and misleading recording of clinical records was tolerated."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Several leading track and field athletes competing at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest last weekend expressed their consternation at Sweeney's commercial, saying it was a misleading representation of how women in sport looked.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The notion of the recent killings being the product of “age-old” hatred is therefore misleading.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
