disleading

English

Etymology

Blend of dis- +‎ misleading.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

Adjective

disleading (comparative more disleading, superlative most disleading)

1. (nonstandard, malapropism) Alternative form of misleading.
   • 1897, The Atlanta Constitution 1897-10-17: Vol 30, page 27:

     The geographers map is the exaggeration of certain scientific facts that are apt to prove disleading to the unskilied eye.

   • 1913, Annual report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, page 425:

     A seed is misbranded if the package or label bears any statement, design or device which is false or disleading in any particular.

   • 1935, National Petroleum News 1935-10-23: Vol 27 Iss 43, page 23:

     Direct Service and Trackage Oil is charged with disleading advertising.

   • 1968, The Gateway (1968-09-17), page 1:

     Bordo maintained the word ‘partisan’ in the second clause of the resolution was unnecessary and disleading because the stands taken by CUS were political in the sense that every organization takes political stands.

   • 2023, Kyle Hill, 12s from the start, in YouTube’s Science Scam Crisis‎^[1]:

     The problem is an epidemic of mis- and disleading content made to scam your attention {...} for monetary gain alone.