"Misleading"의 정의와 사용법 및 예문에 관한 질문

A: Something is misleading if it can easily confuse you. It might seem to be one thing/way, but in fact it is another.

For example: The title of the book was misleading. I thought it would be a funny story based on the title, but it's actually a sad story.
Or: To say that he's "moderately wealthy" is a bit misleading - he's actually the richest man in the world!

A: @maomichu thank you, 2 answers are better than one 😂

A: it means making someone understand things wrongly. :)

A: They are not telling the truth.

Or sometimes they are telling the truth but they tell it in a way that tricks you, or they take it out of context, or they tell part of the truth.

A: It's means to giving a wrong idea or impression

A: The title of your video is really misleading. It's not about baby rabbits at all.

Makeup is very misleading on women, because at night when she washes it off she looks like a completely different person.

I think he's misleading you on purpose.

It can be misleading if they don't give you an explanation first.

Stop misleading people.

Watch out, because I witnessed her misleading another customer yesterday.

His voice on the radio is very misleading, because he sounds like a fat man since he has a deep voice, but when you see him in person he is actually a skinny guy.

A: The ad was misleading.
He decided to give her misleading information so he could win the competition.
The company lied to their customers by misleading them into believing the quality is higher than it actually is.

A: The things she said were very misleading, I didn't know if she wanted me to go or to stay.

A: That is a highly misleading answer. She delighted in misleading her fellow students as to what was likely to turn up on the exam.

A: The upbeat opening song of a movie was misleading because the show was about people dying. ( Anyone get that reference? ... No? Okay I'll leave now.)

A: "deceptive" implies that it is deliberate and probably with a negative/malicious aim

"misleading" also may imply that it's deliberate but usually to a lesser degree or without malice

A: A misleading thing might be misleading by accident or just hard to understand. A deceptive thing was consciously made to hide the truth.

A: Misleading = to lie.

"The picture is misleading, the car is much smaller in reality."


Mistaken = to make an error (mistake)

"The toy car was mistaken for a real car because of the photo"

Misunderstanding = to understand incorrectly. To not hear or think correctly.
"I misunderstood the car salesman when he said it was great for children"

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