"tending to lead astray, deceptive," 1630s, present-participle adjective from mislead. Related: Misleadingly.
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mislead v.
Old English mislædan "to lead or guide wrongly," especially "to draw into error," a common Germanic compound (compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch misleiden, Old High German misseleiten, German missleiten, Danish mislede); see mis- (1) + lead (v.). Related: misleading; misled.