adjective
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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Travel companies have strongly denied that they are deliberately misleading customers.
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Police say a warning was deliberately misleading .
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I got howls of protest from readers who thought that I was deliberately misleading them.
seriously
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It is nevertheless a false equation, and at times a seriously misleading one.
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This may, however, be seriously misleading .
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To present Methodism as essentially an urban phenomenon is seriously misleading .
somewhat
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Such dichotomous standpoints are, however, somewhat misleading since both groups are involved in policy formulation.
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But the appearance of modesty was somewhat misleading .
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A particular, and somewhat misleading , borrowing by the Chicago School from the natural world consisted of analogies with plant life.
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The name Sheep Street is somewhat misleading .
very
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It is sometimes called the Coriolis force, but this is very misleading .
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But this is only part of the story and can be very misleading .
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Conclusions drawn from applying statistical techniques to incomplete data may be very misleading .
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The appearance from the surface can be very misleading .
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But such distinctions can be very misleading indeed.
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It is quite impossible, and very misleading to suggest, that pruning can be done according to the calendar.
■ NOUN
impression
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Nor did these developments give a misleading impression of Soviet influence on world affairs.
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Some authorities give the misleading impression that they alone have the absolute right to deliver certain services to the public.
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Alpha has a fainter star beside it, giving the misleading impression of a very wide double.
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Highlighting these few bureaux may give the misleading impression that they are out of line with the mainstream.
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The repertoire on the Erato set, consisting mostly of familiar Mravinsky favourites, may also give a misleading impression .
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A misleading impression may be unintended.
information
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Purchasers seeking clearance and other parties submitting information to the regulatory authorities face prosecution if they supply false or misleading information.
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Mr Irons and Sheriff Nicholson believe the court's decision was based on misleading information .
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He soon learns either to give you misleading information or delay sending in the document.
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This I believe stems largely from scaremongering and misleading information given to the industry from various sources.
statement
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Thirdly, and most significantly, the Act creates two offences relating to misdescriptions of goods, and misleading statements about services.
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A medical tribunal upheld four complaints laid by local health authorities against William McBride, 65, for false and misleading statements .
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Wickham had remarked that covert freelance writing for another publication did not justify making a misleading statement during a murder inquiry.
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These advertisements contained a number of false and misleading statements .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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misleading statistics
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Agents often gave a false or misleading description of the houses they were selling.
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In court Robbins made misleading statements about his involvement.
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It would be misleading to say that the recession will soon be over.
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The advertisements were deliberately misleading and false.
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The Advertising Review Board says the adverts are deliberately misleading .
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The article was deliberately misleading , and the newspaper has apologized.
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The holiday brochure is deliberately misleading , because the hotels it shows are not the ones you actually stay in.
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These statistics give a misleading impression of what is happening to the economy.
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Your diagram is a little misleading , Watson.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Editor's Note: The report was misleading in suggesting Mr Bacon's remarks were made at the inquiry.
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He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents.
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The distinction, however, is misleading .
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The most misleading figures are those on unemployment.
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Whilst we stress the artificial nature of most time-cues, it would be misleading to suggest that natural light is without effect.