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
The term "individuality" is in fact a most misleading word.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Galton, Francis, Sir
But 'deification' is an unintelligent and misleading word.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
Fortunately the difficulty can be solved by following the late 14th-century custom in distinguishing between “lozenges” and “voided lozenges” and by abandoning altogether this misleading word Mascle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
