Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disleading

/dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dislead-ing
IPA: /dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of misleading.

Example Sentences

"The geographers map is the exaggeration of certain scientific facts that are apt to prove disleading to the unskilied eye."
"A seed is misbranded if the package or label bears any statement, design or device which is false or disleading in any particular."
"Direct Service and Trackage Oil is charged with disleading advertising."
"Bordo maintained the word ‘partisan’ in the second clause of the resolution was unnecessary and disleading because the stands taken by CUS were political in the sense that every organization takes political stands."
"The problem is an epidemic of mis- and disleading content made to scam your attention {...} for monetary gain alone."

Etymology

Blend of dis- + misleading.

Inflected Forms

more disleading (comparative) most disleading (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce disleading?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈliːdɪŋ/.
What does disleading mean?: Alternative form of misleading.
Where does disleading come from?: Blend of dis- + misleading.

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