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misleading - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
misleading theory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression .verb mislead .
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adjective
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Is the title misleading , absolutely, but anyone who sees the word FREE on any Ad and does not read the disclaimers is an idiot.
Mouse Print»Blog Archive » Sandals Resorts: Fly Free & Save? 2008
The Veterans of Foreign War called the pot group use of the acronym "misleading and illegal,"
msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012
The Veterans of Foreign War called the pot group use of the acronym "misleading and illegal,"
msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012
I know some people who found the title misleading and believed the film to be another terrorist drama.
Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010
A better question would be, why is the title misleading ?
Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009
After Politico reported Gingrich appearing to agree with a voter in South Carolina to lay off, his campaign sent out a statement over what it called "misleading reports":Instead of accepting the responsibility to answer questions about his business background, the Romney campaign is throwing up a smokescreen about an attack on capitalism.
New Hampshire primary reaction: Mitt Romney versus the zombies 2012
That attracted the ire of a nongovernmental competition watchdog, which last week sued Opel for what it called misleading advertising.
GM Will Face Questions About Opel in IPO Promotion 2010
Insurers are angry because the night before the bill markup, the government Medicaid office instructed them to cease sending what it called misleading and confusing information about the bill to clients.
CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2009 2009
They're appearing before a congressional committee, demanding to know why they were told what they call misleading information about how their son died.
CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2007 2007
They're appearing before a congressional committee demanding to know why they were told what they call misleading information about their son's death.
CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2007 2007
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