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mislead::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | misinform |
| Type of | inform |
| Has types | beat around the bush, betray, deceive, tergiversate, overstate, palter, prevaricate, sandbag, amplify, equivocate, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, lead astray, lie, magnify, overdraw |
| Derivation | misleader |
Examples of mislead
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Chippindale actually said that the co-ordinate change did not mislead the pilot.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They would mislead customers about the final price and deliver low quality work.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Plus it can mislead the candidate you do like just as much as the one you don't.
From the nytimes.com
The duty to not mislead arises from the law of tort, and negligent misstatement.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I understand falsification means that there is a deliberate intention to mislead.
From the newscientist.com
Prosecutors said they tried to mislead the grand jury investigating Mr. Sandusky.
From the post-gazette.com
Relying on the average trophic level of catch could mislead policy development.
From the sciencedaily.com
Stefani said he didn't mislead McCargo, who is facing his own misconduct charges.
From the freep.com
These arguments are hardly overwhelming, but at least they do not mislead people.
From the independent.co.uk
- Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
- Misinform: give false or misleading information to
- (misleading) deceptive: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
- Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
- To lead astray, in a false direction; To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression; To deceptively trick into something wrong; To accidentally or intentionally confuse
- (misleading) inviting a false belief
- Misleading is when a person tells a statement that isn't an outright lie, but still has the purpose of making someone believe in an untruth.
- To lead astray in action or conduct, to lead into error, to cause to err; A representation may be literally true but misleading
