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1. Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
   "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"
   - deceptive, shoddy

1. Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
   "The pedestrian misled the out-of-town driver"
   - misdirect, misguide, lead astray
    
2. Give false or misleading information to
   - misinform, disinform

See also: dishonest, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], misleader, misleadingly

Type of: conduct, direct, guide, inform, lead, take

Encyclopedia: Mislead