misleading impression

collocation in English

meaningsofmisleadingandimpression

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misleading
adjective
uk
/ˌmɪsˈliː.dɪŋ/us
/ˌmɪsˈliː.dɪŋ/
causing someone to believe something that is ...
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impression
noun
uk
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofmisleadingandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmisleading impression

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The elections gave, however, amisleadingimpressionof its strength.
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An exclusive focus on the erosion of professorial celibacy might yield amisleadingimpressionsince universities were not the only institutional setting of scholarly activity.
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The third problem concerns the presentation, which is quite loose in parts or can give amisleadingimpressionof some data.
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Snapshots may give a verymisleadingimpression, symptoms are often labile and individuals with learning disabilities can be quite suggestible in formal interview situations.
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Mating patterns in malaria parasites limited selection of ' domesticated ' parasite clones may provide a rathermisleadingimpressionof mating patterns in the field situation.
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Consistent patterns were observed, suggesting that emphasis should be placed on defining a study scale to avoid themisleadingimpressionthat these helminth communities are unpredictable.
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Perhaps this may give a slightlymisleadingimpressionof scale, since in the dozen or so discs so far in my possession there are some 45 works by 16 composers.
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Or will any small attempts at amelioration only give themisleadingimpressionthat the paradigm can accommodate changes, and therefore actually make us even happier with it?
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To avoid giving amisleadingimpressionas to the firmness of our plans, therefore, we would not normally provide such details.
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He tore those extracts away from their context and gave a mostmisleadingimpression.
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To say that he shuddered to a halt would be to give amisleadingimpressionof the dynanism of his remarks.
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He does so in a perfectly straightforward manner, but he is wrong and creates amisleadingimpression.
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I was talking about amisleadingimpressionas to supply and demand for the price or value of investments of the kind in question.
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The chief constable has asked him to withdraw his allegations, and themisleadingimpressionand erroneous picture that he presented.
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Some building officers and some councils have given themisleadingimpressionof the risks of cavity foam insulation.
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That gives a whollymisleadingimpressionto the country of the advantageous position of mental nurses.
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If left on the record unchallenged, that assertion would give amisleadingimpressionof events.
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In future there will be a further subjective element: whether what is written or said or portrayed is likely to give amisleadingimpression.
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The report gave a totallymisleadingimpression, which is remarkable.
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Our view is that to attempt to do that would give a verymisleadingimpression.
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