verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a distorted/misleading picture (= one that is not accurate )
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The media coverage left many people with a distorted picture.
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These figures give a misleading picture of the company’s financial health.
a false/misleading statement (= one that is not true )
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She is accused of making false statements to obtain a passport.
a misleading report (= likely to make you believe something that is not true )
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This isn’t the first time the industry has published misleading reports based on incomplete data.
a wrong/misleading impression
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The advertisement gave a misleading impression of the product.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deliberately
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She had just assumed ... She had assumed rather a lot, it seemed - or perhaps Caro had deliberately misled her?
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That statement was silent on the question of whether Gingrich deliberately misled the committee or skirted tax law.
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The most generous excuse one can make is that Brooke was deliberately misled by his advisers.
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The lawsuit would likely allege that Symington got the loan because he deliberately misled the pension funds about his financial condition.
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committee
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That statement was silent on the question of whether Gingrich deliberately misled the committee or skirted tax law.
people
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Jones was very subtle about his use of sexuality to mislead his people .
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Most leaders understand this; few intentionally mislead people about meaning.
public
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This is incorrect and could mislead the public .
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The level and quality of public debate generated by rightwing newspapers have been risible and misleading .
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In the second the press is restrained by its own professional Code of Practice not to misrepresent or mislead the public .
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Does the name the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, mislead the public ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.
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Livingstone says there was no attempt to intentionally mislead the public.
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The report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead .
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They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I can assure you there was no intention to mislead our insurers.
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She had just assumed ... She had assumed rather a lot, it seemed - or perhaps Caro had deliberately misled her?
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Statements by officials, including some made by ministers in Parliament, have been used too often to mislead in connection with Ulster affairs.