misleading

Example Sentences

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This seems like a misleading portrayal of autistic people, who don’t get “better,” although as implied by the word “spectrum” there are many degrees of autism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“The untruths, mischaracterizations, and revisionist history in your email paint a completely misleading narrative,” Shotwell told the Journal in a statement in 2024.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Oregon and Pennsylvania also took the charity to court over the misleading jingle in 2009, resulting in a $130,000 fine and a requirement to disclose its affiliations in all advertisements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Pelley called Weiss’s comments at the morning staff meeting misleading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

It is misleading to describe the expansion of the universe as a sort of distending bubble viewed from the outside.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan