misleading

misleading
[mısʹli:dıŋ] a
вводящий в заблуждение, обманчивый

misleading answer - неправильный, вводящий в заблуждение ответ

misleading appearance - обманчивая внешность

misleading description - неправильное, лживое описание

the title of this book is misleading - название этой книги вводит в заблуждение


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  • misleading — UK US /mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ adjective ► causing someone to believe something that is not true: »The instructions were confusing and even misleading in some cases. misleading advertisements/advertising/adverts »The credit company has been criticized by the …   Financial and business terms

  • misleading — misleading, deceptive, delusive, delusory all mean having an appearance or character that leads one astray or into error. Misleading is the general term applicable to something which, intentionally or otherwise, leads one away from the right… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • misleading — adj: possessing the capacity or tendency to create a mistaken understanding or impression compare deceptive, fraudulent Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Misleading — Mis*lead ing, a. Leading astray; delusive. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misleading — (adj.) 1630s, prp. adjective from MISLEAD (Cf. mislead) …   Etymology dictionary

  • misleading — [adj] deceptive, confusing ambiguous, beguiling, bewildering, casuistical, catchy, confounding, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, demagogic, disingenuous, distracting, evasive, fallacious, false, inaccurate, perplexing, puzzling …   New thesaurus

  • misleading — 01. Their advertising is somewhat [misleading] because they suggest that they will pay the taxes, but actually, the price is so high that it includes the cost of the tax anyway. 02. The politician [misled] the public into thinking he would reduce …   Grammatical examples in English

  • misleading — adj. 1) grossly misleading 2) misleading to + inf. (it is misleading to cite only certain sources) * * * [mɪs liːdɪŋ] grossly misleading misleading to + inf. (it is misleading to cite only certain sources) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • misleading — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ grossly, highly, positively …   Collocations dictionary

  • misleading — mis|lead|ing [mısˈli:dıŋ] adj likely to make someone believe something that is not true ▪ The article was misleading, and the newspaper has apologized. seriously/highly/grossly etc misleading ▪ These figures are highly misleading.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • misleading — [[t]mɪ̱sli͟ːdɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf If you describe something as misleading, you mean that it gives you a wrong idea or impression. It would be misleading to say that we were friends... The article contains several… …   English dictionary


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