Definitions for misleading

misleading mis·lead·ing

Spelling: [mis-lee-ding]
IPA: /mɪsˈli dɪŋ/

Misleading is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 946 anagrams from letters in misleading (adegiilmns).

Definitions for misleading

adjective

  1. deceptive; tending to mislead.

verb (used with object)

  1. to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  2. to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be misleading; tend to deceive:

Origin of misleading

First recorded in 1630-40; mislead + -ing2

Examples for misleading

But the empty silence of the desert was misleading, as the men in the crater knew.

This is a very crude and misleading way of describing ancient science.

But to say the capital teeters on the verge of collapse is both melodramatic and misleading.

The present is bright with misleading glamour--beware of the vanities of the flesh!

To describe that as misleading is, ironically, itself misleading.

As David Leonhardt points out in The New York Times, these averages can be misleading.

Official Mormon histories about Joseph Smith may have been misleading.

The first is that the readings taken with a hydrometer will then be misleading.

Closed courthouses, rogue clerks, and misleading statements from the attorney general as Florida welcomes same-sex marriage.

Or again, the trail will become confused and misleading when crossed by that of foxes.

Word Value for misleading
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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