misleader
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈmɪsˌliːdər/
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falsificador
- The community suffered greatly under the influence of a misleader who led them into financial ruin.
Examples
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The essential failure by such professional misleaders lies in the fact that their methods are fairly described as "chronically statistical failures" in matters pertaining to forecasts of experiences that exist only in systemically future conditions.
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Many voters are frustrated by the misleader who spread false information during the campaign.
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I KNOW this is possible if only the misleaders on both sides would just go far, far away.
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There will be no America in 10 years thanks to our political misleaders.
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Our present crop of "leaders" are actually misleaders.
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You won't hear a peep from any other black misleader either.
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The fact that a politician shouldn't have made a promise because it was beyond his control or whatever doesn't make his opponent a misleader or liar when pointing out the broken promises.
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And it appears it's by the AFL-CIO and CTW misleaders, who are about to get roasted in the political fires of the austerity measures of their candidate, Obama.
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As a misleader, he convinced his followers to abandon their common sense in favor of his exaggerated claims.
Synonyms
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7.8
A person who gives one-sided or false information to help a political group
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5.5
A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
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6.7
A person who tricks people into believing something false for fun or attention
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8.7
A person who spreads scary stories to make people worried
A person who lies about someone to harm their reputation
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misleader comes from the prefix mis- and the verb lead, where mis- means 'wrong' and lead means 'to guide'. So, a misleader is someone who 'guides' people the 'wrong' way or makes them believe things that are not true, often 'on purpose'.