misleading word

Example Sentences

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Maybe “civility” is a misleading word for what I’m trying to describe.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

Of course, congress is a bit of a misleading word, too.

From Time • Mar. 5, 2013

From that time I drew, in my own mind, a clear distinction between the doctrine of circumstances and Fatalism; discarding altogether the misleading word Necessity.

From Autobiography by Mill, John Stuart

But 'deification' is an unintelligent and misleading word.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

But that is, I think, a somewhat misleading word.

From Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning by Carpenter, Edward