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单词 misleading
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misleadingn.

Brit. /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈlidɪŋ/
Forms: see mislead v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mislead v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < mislead v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of mislead v. (in various senses); (occasionally) an instance of this. Middle Eng. Dict. interprets quot. a1387 as illustrating the sense ‘a misguided leading away’.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun]
abominationc1350
misgovernancec1375
misleadinga1387
misusing1395
misbearinga1400
misordinancea1400
misruling?a1425
misgovernail?a1439
misdraughtc1450
misgovernmentc1450
misbehaving1451
misguiding1480
misbehaviour1486
misdemeaning1487
misgoverning1487
misdemeanoura1513
misordera1513
misordering1526
misusage1532
misnurturea1540
misdemean1579
miscarriage1594
misguide1596
demeanour1681
misconduct1717
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]
misgovernancec1375
misleadinga1387
misusing1395
misbearinga1400
misordinancea1400
misdraughtc1450
misgovernmentc1450
misbehaving1451
misguiding1480
misbehaviour1486
misdemeaning1487
misgoverning1487
miscraft1496
demerit1509
misuse1509
misdemeanoura1513
misordera1513
misordering1526
misusage1532
misdemean1579
miscarriage1594
misguide1596
delinquency1603
demeanour1681
misconduct1717
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > leading into error
misleadinga1387
miscounsellinga1475
misguiding1480
misguidance1606
mislearing1871
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 99 Scottes and Pictes, by mysledynge of Maximus þe tyraunt pursued Bretayne.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 11560 Thow myyt not say That euere fel vs by nyyt or day..oure spedyng By myn vn-wit or mysledyng.
c1600 Pilgrimage v, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 131 Nere let the pilgrims to this laurell mounte Fainte,or retire..Through the misleading of some amorous boye.
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 5 Which may in time bring in round fees to the Licencer, and wretched mis-leading to the People.
1768–74 A. Tucker Light of Nature II. 408 To other persons perhaps they might prove misleadings, stumbling-blocks.
1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 27 630 There has not been any misleading.
1978 J. Ramsden Age of Balfour & Baldwin (BNC) 81 The misleading of the Commons by ministers.
2. Something that leads a person astray, or away from an intended goal. Obsolete. rare.
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?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. viii. 2 Now is it no doute thanne that thise weyes ne ben a maner mysledynges [L. uiae deuia] to blisfulnesse, ne that they ne mowen nat leden folk thider as thei byheten to leden hem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

misleadingadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈlidɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mislead v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < mislead v. + -ing suffix2.
That leads someone astray, or causes someone to have an incorrect impression or belief; deceptive, delusive.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective] > misleading
misguiding1587
misleading1599
debauching1645
perigraphic1890
1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. G8 Thou bewitch'd with beautie, weart beguiled, When thy misleading lust, thine heart defiled.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 10 Such a mis-leading labyrinth of confused..precepts.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B2v A..blindness more gross, or more misleading.
1788 H. Cowley Fate of Sparta ii. i. 29 The plain simplicity of Spartan schools Disclaims, and abrogates misleading eloquence.
1799 A. Seward Orig. Sonnets 71 Time, and thy charms, thou fanciest will redeem Yon aweless Libertine from rooted vice. Misleading thought!
1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 132 Natives as well as strangers..have fallen victims..to the misleading and confounding effects of deep mists.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 487 It would then have been simply misleading, to have used these words at all.
1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 47 I have heard it said that land is capital, intelligence is capital, and so forth. These are all misleading expressions.
1908 E. F. Benson Climber 104 Their friendship was of so short duration, if measured by the misleading scale of hours.
1958 R. K. Narayan Guide ii. 29 Appearances are sometimes misleading.
1987 Which? Sept. 405/4 The Act will make it illegal to make misleading statements about ticket prices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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