misleading

(verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. Synonyms: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray. Example: "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver."

(verb) give false or misleading information to. Synonyms: misinform, mislead.

(adj) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently. Synonyms: deceptive, shoddy. Examples: "The deceptive calm in the eye of the storm." "Deliberately deceptive packaging." "A misleading similarity." "Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading." "Shoddy business practices."