as in deceiving
to cause to believe what is untrue
we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza
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Arizona's temperature can be deceiving and deadly.—
Shelby Slade,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Jan. 2025 -
In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration regulators who approved the 737 Max.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec. 2024
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Liverpool are regularly seeing apps that replicate the appearance of genuine tickets — fooling not just first-time visitors to Anfield.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Follow reputable fact-checking accounts on social media There's a lot of misleading information online, especially around breaking news stories.—
Melissa Mahtani,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2025
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CISOs have been investigated and, in some cases, charged with misleading investors.—
Jonathan Gill,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Misguiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misguiding. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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