be misleading
Frequency: 8.535.2 per million words
to give the wrong idea or impression
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Examples (10)
- Her statement was deliberately misleading.
- Some of the information on the website was dangerously misleading.
- The brochure was extremely misleading about the cost of the surgery.
- The colorful chart can be misleading without proper context.
- Such statistics are often misleading for the average reader.
- His early remarks were somewhat misleading regarding the project's timeline.
- We discovered the campaign slogans to be completely misleading.
- Don't let appearances be misleading; always look closer.
- The government's announcement is potentially misleading to the public.
- The initial results proved to be highly misleading.