Word: misleading
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...shortfall if they had any hope, near term, that there could be a turn in fortunes. In other words, as bleak as things are, these companies usually take this extraordinary step because they believe things are even darker in the near term, and they don't want to mislead...
...worst thing he did was mislead," the student said. She said she did notice that her student ID card was missing...
...they don't understand how insurers define flood. I'll get to that, and, trust me, Webster would choke on the description. An even bigger problem is that insurance agents have little incentive to write flood coverage. Meanwhile, many agents and local officials are so ill informed that they mislead entire communities into believing that flood protection is impossible...
...with a video camera, trying to prove that people were manipulating him with psychic messages. "It occurred to me that I was losing my mind, but it was only a fleeting thought," Williamson recalls. "I thought the whole mental-illness line of thought was just a trick designed to mislead and oppress...
...Kosovo, the Clinton Administration has tried to ignite idyllic urges by appealing to our sense of democracy and liberty. They have painted Milosevic as a cruel, maniacal despot and the Albanian Kosovars as the innocent victims. Accurate descriptions to be sure, but they have used these images to mislead and manipulate our sensitivities and consciences. Our bombs, we are told, will bring about "peace" and "autonomy"--two of a politician's most effectively ambiguous words. What exactly are "peace" and "autonomy" in a region as volatile and disparate as Kosovo? And how exactly will bombings from the air accomplish this...