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Misleading

To lead astray, in a false direction.

📖 Definitions of "Misleading"

verb

1
To lead astray, in a false direction.
2
To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
3
To deceptively trick into something wrong.
"The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin"
4
To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

noun

adjective

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
deceptive	Likely or attempting to deceive.
dishonorable	Without honor, or causing dishonor.
dishonest	Not honest; shoddy.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
deceptive	Likely or attempting to deceive.
dishonest	Not honest; shoddy.
dishonorable	Without honor, or causing dishonor.
spurious	False, not authentic, not genuine.
bogusnoun	Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
mendacious	(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
misrepresentationnoun	Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
fakenoun	Not real; false, fraudulent.
untruthful	Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
deceptionnoun	An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
deceivingnoun	deception
deceitful	Deliberately misleading or cheating.
fallacious	Deceptive or misleading.
deceitnoun	An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
delusive	Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
fraudulent	Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
specious	Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
illusory	Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
foolingnoun	The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour.
cheatingnoun	An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.