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# misleading

adjective (misleading; more misleading, most misleading); verb form (present participle of mislead: mislead, misleads, misled, misleading)

«misleading» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Giving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#m1)
2. (verb form) Leading someone the wrong way or making them believe something false. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and science a misleading graph or question makes you think the numbers say something they do not, for example a bar chart whose scale does not start at zero. In everyday life and safety it warns about adverts, headlines and online posts that trick people. Phrases: misleading information, a misleading headline, misleading advert, be misleading.

### Examples

- The advert was misleading because the toy was much smaller than in the picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x1)
- That graph is misleading: the bars start at 50, not at 0. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x2)
- It is misleading to say the test was easy when half the class failed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x3)
- He gave the teacher a misleading answer about his homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x4)
- Some headlines online are misleading, so check the full story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x5)
- The sign was misleading and sent us down the wrong path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x6)
- You are misleading everyone by leaving out the cost of postage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/#x7)

### Note

It is an adjective here, not a noun: a misleading claim. Past of mislead is misled (not «misleaded»). Misleading is not quite the same as lying: the words can be true but leave a false picture. In maths problems a misleading detail is an extra number that is not needed; spot it and leave it out.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths and science a misleading graph or question makes you think the numbers say something they do not, for example a bar chart whose scale does not start at zero. In everyday life and safety it warns about adverts, headlines and online posts that trick people. Phrases: misleading information, a misleading headline, misleading advert, be misleading.

### Examples

- Tzaddi is properly Tz ; but some write Z only, which is misleading because the Hebrew has also a true Z, Zain. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misleading/#x1)

### Note

It is an adjective here, not a noun: a misleading claim. Past of mislead is misled (not «misleaded»). Misleading is not quite the same as lying: the words can be true but leave a false picture. In maths problems a misleading detail is an extra number that is not needed; spot it and leave it out.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «misleading» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«misleading» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/misleading.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «misleading» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misleading/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«misleading» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/misleading.html) on Mova free.