misleading Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
mislead; lead astray; misguide; misdirect.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
verb give false or misleading information to
mislead; misinform.
adjective satellite designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
shoddy; deceptive.
- the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
- deliberately deceptive packaging
- a misleading similarity
- statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
- shoddy business practices