misleadingnessn.
/(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈlidɪŋnᵻs/ The quality or fact of being misleading; deceptiveness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > leading into error > quality of being misleading
misleadingnessa1866
a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) 379 An element of deceptiveness and misleadingness.
1881 Contemp. Rev. May 828 The misleadingness of the utterances of disease and grief.
1957 Ess. in Crit. 7 342 The misleadingness of any implication that I was scraping the barrel for evidence.
1975 Nature 10 Jan. 79/2 One example of the misleadingness of demonstration must suffice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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