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Common collocations with misleading in American Collocation

misleading adjective

US /mɪsˈlidɪŋ/

seriously or completely

completely
dangerously
downright
grossly
highly
profoundly
seriously
totally
wholly
wildly

This statement is either grossly misleading or completely false.

deliberately

deliberately
intentionally
knowingly
wilfully

The way in which he had filled out his form was deliberately misleading.

not deliberately

inadvertently
unintentionally

Computer-generated displays can be unintentionally misleading.

clearly

blatantly
frankly
positively

To publish the research in this form would be positively misleading.

rather

a little
rather
slightly
somewhat

The title may be slightly misleading.

possibly

possibly
potentially

He commented on the potentially misleading nature of the scores.

advertisement

advert
advertisement
advertising
propaganda

The docoument lays down rules concerning misleading advertisements.

title

headline
title

Despite the misleading headline, the article did go on to represent the research accurately.

statement or claim

assertion
claim
statement
wording

Many of the studies are full of misleading statements unsupported by data.

impression

impression

A biased sample can give a misleading impression of the scale of a problem.