Usually means: Causing someone to believe inaccuracies.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word misleading:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. misleading: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misleading: Merriam-Webster
  3. misleading: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misleading: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. misleading: Collins English Dictionary
  6. misleading: Vocabulary.com
  7. Misleading, misleading: Wordnik
  8. misleading: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. misleading: Wiktionary
  10. misleading: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. misleading: Dictionary.com
  12. misleading: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Misleading: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Misleading: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. misleading: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. misleading: Rhymezone
  17. misleading: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. misleading: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. misleading: FreeDictionary.org
  20. misleading: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. misleading: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. misleading: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. misleading: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misleading: Encyclopedia

(Note: See mislead as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
▸ noun:  A deception that misleads.

Similar:
deceptive, dishonorable, dishonest, fallacious, disleading, misinformative, deceitful, misdirective, misconceiving, creative, more...

Opposite:
clear, truthful, accurate, honest, straightforward

Types:
false advertising, deceptive marketing, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, fake news, clickbait, bait and switch, more...

Phrases:
Misleading graph, misleading appearances, maliciously misleading, misleading words, misleading information, more...

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Similar:
deceptive, dishonorable, dishonest, fallacious, disleading, misinformative, deceitful, misdirective, misconceiving, creative, more...

Opposite:
clear, truthful, accurate, honest, straightforward

Types:
false advertising, deceptive marketing, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, fake news, clickbait, bait and switch, more...

Phrases:
Misleading graph, misleading appearances, maliciously misleading, misleading words, misleading information, opposite of misleading, a misleading or false belief, misleading notion, intentionally misleading, more...

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     mauve,     taupe,     chartreuse, more...



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