Antonyms for misleading


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mis-lee-ding
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈli dɪŋ


Definition of misleading

Origin :
  • 1630s, present participle adjective from mislead.
  • adj deceptive, confusing
Example sentences :
  • But the empty silence of the desert was misleading, as the men in the crater knew.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • This is a very crude and misleading way of describing ancient science.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Or again, the trail will become confused and misleading when crossed by that of foxes.
  • Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
  • The first is that the readings taken with a hydrometer will then be misleading.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The present is bright with misleading glamour--beware of the vanities of the flesh!
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Names, dates, and places have been misstated, but such inadvertences are not misleading.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • An extremely old and often misleading metaphor will help us.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • Suppose he even thought he was saving his country by misleading the foreigner.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The brass plate, let into the woodwork of the door, is misleading.
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
  • He has learned that external appearances are often misleading.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman

Synonyms for misleading

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