misleading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: misleading	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for misleading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misleading adj 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" Synonym(s): deceptive, misleading, shoddy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misleading \Mis*lead"ing\, a. Leading astray; delusive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mislead \Mis*lead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl[?]dan. See {Mis-}, and {Lead} to conduct.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. --Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. --Milton. Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.