Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded.
present participle and gerund of mislead
A deception that misleads.
According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.
From mislead + -ing.
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