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misleaded

misleaded is the simple past and past participle of mislead.

Meaning of mislead

Verb

mislead (third-person singular simple present misleads, present participle misleading, simple past and past participle misled)

  1. (literally, transitive) To lead astray, in a false direction.
    • City of the dead / At the end of another lost highway / Signs misleading to nowhere2004, Green Day, “Jesus of Suburbia”, in American Idiot
  2. (transitive) To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
  3. (transitive) To deceptively trick into something wrong.
    • The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
    Synonyms:
    seduce
  4. (broadly, transitive) To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

See all 6 meanings of mislead

Questions about misleaded

What is misleaded the simple past and past participle of?
Misleaded is the simple past and past participle of mislead.

Words near misleaded in the dictionary

  1. mislayings
  2. mislays
  3. misle
  4. mislead
  5. misleadable
  6. misleaded
  7. misleader
  8. misleaders
  9. misleadership
  10. misleaderships
  11. misleadest

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