Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with misleading in American Collocation
misleading
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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.