misleading

Etymology

mislead + -ing

adj

  1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of mislead

noun

  1. A deception that misleads.
    According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies. 2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said, page 70

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