Meaning & use
mislead
To cause someone to believe something untrue, often by giving a false or incomplete impression.
See it in a sentence
The advertisement misled customers into thinking the product was completely free.
His vague answer misled the committee about how much progress had actually been made.
A note on using this word
Mislead can be intentional or accidental, unlike deceive, which almost always implies deliberate trickery.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
enlighten
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