Comment by torben-friis
3 hours ago
Uh, you seem to be right. I can't check oxford to confirm because there's a paywall, apparently.
The mental model I've always been taught is:
False, well intended -> mistake
False, bad intention -> lie
True, bad intention -> misleading
Bad intention, regardless of truth -> deceitful
The problem of classifying all bad intentioned statements as misleading is that it leaves you without a way to express "true +bad intention". While for generic bad intentioned statements regardless of truth we already have a word (deceit).
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