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misleading phrase

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misleading
adjective
uk /ˌmɪsˈliː.dɪŋ/ us /ˌmɪsˈliː.dɪŋ/
causing someone to believe something that is ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk /freɪz/ us /freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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Examples of misleading phrase


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The wit of man, of a man in a fix, could not devise a more vague and misleadingphrase.
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It is a misleadingphrase which seems to imply some non-military connexion.
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The intergovernmental conference on institutional reform is called political union, although that is a somewhat misleadingphrase.
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Therefore, when you speak of buildings and improvements being rated you are simply using a misleadingphrase.
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There could hardly be a more misleadingphrase.
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Perhaps in this way we can rid ourselves of that most damaging and misleadingphrase, "the two sides of industry".
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In his view, "fast breeder" is a misleadingphrase.
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That phrase will be more acceptable to the tax-paying public than the misleadingphrase, "paying farmers to do nothing".
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That is a very ambiguous and misleadingphrase.
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That is a very misleadingphrase, because there is no such person as the average politician.
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I have always thought that that is a somewhat misleadingphrase.
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I think that is a misleadingphrase.
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There is no more misleadingphrase.
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It is rather a misleadingphrase.
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At that period it turned out to be rather a misleadingphrase and it fell rapidly into disuse; but it is coming into its own now.
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That in itself is a misleadingphrase.
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That is a slightly misleadingphrase.
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I hope we are going to get away from those two dangerously misleading phrases.
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Out of his limited repertoire of tired and misleading phrases, "bringing an end to boom and bust" is the most overused and misleading.
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Something has been said about "self-determination"—one of the most misleading phrases of modern times.
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