Definitions
give false or misleading information to
Word origin
From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.
Used in a sentence
“City of the dead / At the end of another lost highway / Signs misleading to nowhere”
“The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin”
“If all the misleads (incorrect alternatives) are illogical, absurd, or in any way unattractive as possible answers, the student has no difficulty in choosing the correct answer.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“steer astray”7 letters
02“Guide wrongly”7 letters
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