misleading
adjective (misleading; more misleading, most misleading); verb form (present participle of mislead: mislead, misleads, misled, misleading)
Everyday
- Giving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie. tree →
- (verb form) Leading someone the wrong way or making them believe something false. tree →
In the lessons
In maths and science a misleading graph or question makes you think the numbers say something they do not, for example a bar chart whose scale does not start at zero. In everyday life and safety it warns about adverts, headlines and online posts that trick people. Phrases: misleading information, a misleading headline, misleading advert, be misleading.
Examples
- The advert was misleading because the toy was much smaller than in the picture. tree →
- That graph is misleading: the bars start at 50, not at 0. tree →
- It is misleading to say the test was easy when half the class failed. tree →
- He gave the teacher a misleading answer about his homework. tree →
- Some headlines online are misleading, so check the full story. tree →
- The sign was misleading and sent us down the wrong path. tree →
- You are misleading everyone by leaving out the cost of postage. tree →
Note
It is an adjective here, not a noun: a misleading claim. Past of mislead is misled (not «misleaded»). Misleading is not quite the same as lying: the words can be true but leave a false picture. In maths problems a misleading detail is an extra number that is not needed; spot it and leave it out.
In Jewish tradition
In maths and science a misleading graph or question makes you think the numbers say something they do not, for example a bar chart whose scale does not start at zero. In everyday life and safety it warns about adverts, headlines and online posts that trick people. Phrases: misleading information, a misleading headline, misleading advert, be misleading.
Examples
- Tzaddi is properly Tz ; but some write Z only, which is misleading because the Hebrew has also a true Z, Zain. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Note
It is an adjective here, not a noun: a misleading claim. Past of mislead is misled (not «misleaded»). Misleading is not quite the same as lying: the words can be true but leave a false picture. In maths problems a misleading detail is an extra number that is not needed; spot it and leave it out.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «misleading» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «misleading» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «misleading» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «misleading» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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