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Mislead

[mis-leed]

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verb (used with object)

to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.

to lead into error of conduct, thought, or judgment.

verb (used without object)

to be misleading; tend to deceive: vague directions that often mislead.

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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English misleden, Old English mislǣdan. See mis-¹, lead¹

Related forms

mis·lead·er, noun

un·mis·led, adjective

Synonyms
1. misguide, misdirect. 2. delude, deceive.

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Let's not mislead the public and cancer patients, who surely suffer enough.

Finally, it is also deplorable for law schools to mislead applicants.

One reason, say churchmen, is that a minaret on the skyline might mislead first-time visitors.

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Let's not mislead the public and cancer patients, who surely suffer enough.

Finally, it is also deplorable for law schools to mislead applicants.

One reason, say churchmen, is that a minaret on the skyline might mislead first-time visitors.

Until then, my friend, you are the one that is sadly mislead.

Please don't mislead the publics, the students etc with your hidden agenda scienctific information.

Don't attempt to mislead or deceive by talking nonsense.

Harmon found mislead students by advertising for one college and steering them toward another.

At first there was plenty of speculation that the device might be a red herring, left to mislead.

Switching your topic to pollution doesn't mislead me.

The committee's report also says the coaches attempted to mislead investigators.

Best not mislead stakeholders about the longer-term outlook with one poor set of numbers, goes the thinking.

They would teach us in training about what not to say to mislead a potential student by skirting the real issues.

But that story is so incomplete as to mislead policy makers.

But, they do so because they wish to mislead others into thinking that there has been an egregious violation of law or protocol.

Those individuals who rely on media for social cues are mislead.

Just looking at salary data, for example, will mislead.

Numbers that accurately reflect reality are more likely to produce good policy than numbers that mislead.

It is sad to see people who are supposed to represent and teach the good be mislead by the temptation of greed.

Secrets only effect is to mislead people and bread conspiracy.

Traditional indicators of inflation may mislead monetary policymakers.

Please note this in your future stories so you don't mislead a researcher.

He also has created a number of alter egos to mislead bloggers.

We need to deprive these people of their ability to mislead and intimidate.

It can be done with contact lenses designed to mislead eye scanners and some stick-on false fingerprints.

These show that the motive for producing such evidence may come from belief, rather than from any wish to mislead or play pranks.

Those who mislead minors would face up to four years.

Holsted's resignat ion and his guilty plea to a lesser charge of making false or mislead ing statements.

Industry has mislead the public and is trying everything in its power to prevent any action.

The conspiracy to lie to and mislead us extended to the other officers and men who regaled us with the same concocted.

The danger of this perception is that it can mislead through inference a capability beyond what they can ever hope to have.

Prosecutors said false monthly statements were used to mislead clients.

Doctored images are troubling because they can mislead scientists and even derail a search for the causes and cures of disease.

Politicians are keen to draw up new rules to ensure that mortgage companies do not mislead or mistreat naive borrowers.

But when people deliberately try to mislead others for personal gain then they must know what they are doing is wrong.

It should be noted, and is clear, he did not seek nor intend to mislead the committee".

The paper is being used to mislead the public and political leaders.

These expressions of surprise generally show how much our intuitions mislead us when estimating probabilities.

Mistakes such as the one above will mislead all your readers no end.

Schiff used the inflated sales to mislead investors about the financial results so that revenue lived up.

They are really angry at the people who they feel mislead them, and suckered them into coming.

It should never certify statements that it knows mislead investors by offering a fun-house reflection of reality.

Their job is not to flatter or mislead or duck the tough calls.

Lawyers should not be allowed to lie in open court to mislead judges or juries.

They are allowed to mislead people, and basically lie to the public without consequence.

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World English Dictionary

mislead (mɪsˈliːd)

—vb , -leads, -leading, -led
1.	to give false or misleading information to
2.	to lead or guide in the wrong direction

mis'leader

—n

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Word Origin & History

mislead

O.E. mislædan, common Gmc. compound (cf. M.L.G., M.Du. misleiden, O.H.G. misseleiten, Ger. missleiten, Dan. mislede); see mis- (1) + lead (v.). Related: misleading; misled.

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"The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice."

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