misleading word
Example Sentences
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Maybe “civility” is a misleading word for what I’m trying to describe.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022
Of course, congress is a bit of a misleading word, too.
From Time • Mar. 5, 2013
Fortunately the difficulty can be solved by following the late 14th-century custom in distinguishing between “lozenges” and “voided lozenges” and by abandoning altogether this misleading word Mascle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
From that time I drew, in my own mind, a clear distinction between the doctrine of circumstances and Fatalism; discarding altogether the misleading word Necessity.
From Autobiography by Mill, John Stuart
But 'deification' is an unintelligent and misleading word.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
