What does misleading mean?

misleading means "designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently".

How many syllables are in misleading?

misleading has 3 syllables: mi-slea-ding. The stress falls on "slea". In IPA it is /mɪˈslidɪŋ/.

What is another word for misleading?

Close synonyms include deceptive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misleading a common word?

misleading is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

misleading — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsdeceptive
Similardishonest

Questions about misleading

What does misleading mean?: misleading means "designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently".
How many syllables are in misleading?: misleading has 3 syllables: mi-slea-ding. The stress falls on "slea". In IPA it is /mɪˈslidɪŋ/.
What is another word for misleading?: Close synonyms include deceptive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is misleading a common word?: misleading is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for misleading come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsdeceptive
Similardishonest

Questions about misleading

What does misleading mean?: misleading means "designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently".
How many syllables are in misleading?: misleading has 3 syllables: mi-slea-ding. The stress falls on "slea". In IPA it is /mɪˈslidɪŋ/.
What is another word for misleading?: Close synonyms include deceptive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is misleading a common word?: misleading is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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