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disleading

/dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

disleading is the alternative form of misleading.

Meaning of misleading

Adjective

misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)

  1. Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
    • The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded.1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1

See all 2 meanings of misleading

Forms of disleading

comparativemore disleading
superlativemost disleading

Origin of disleading

Blend of dis- + misleading.

Questions about disleading

What is disleading the alternative form of?
Disleading is the alternative form of misleading.
How do you pronounce disleading?
Disleading is pronounced /dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/.

Words near disleading in the dictionary

  1. disks on key
  2. diskspace
  3. disky
  4. diskzine
  5. diskzines
  6. disleading
  7. disleaf
  8. disleafed
  9. disleafing
  10. disleafs
  11. disleal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disleading (page history and authors); misleading (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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