Definition of "misled" []

• Past tense and past participle of mislead. (verb)

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• "The customers' claim that the label misled them into buying the product meant they didn't get what they paid for, the court said."
• "Viewers being 'misled' is in their brief where it relates to advertising or news bulletins, but In matters of science it is invariably the case that there are a range of views on any number of issues ..."
• "Reading the opening paragraph and the title misled me to believe that I was going to learn something that I didn’t."