Misleading earnings means that earnings quality is very low despite all outward appearances.
Some tried to explain what the word "misleading" really means.
An editing error led to the phrase "not misleading" appearing in a sentence, where "misleading" was meant.
"If their version of events is accurate," he told the BBC, "it doesn't just mean that Parliament has been misled, it means the police have another investigation on their hands".
"'The right honourable gentleman is in danger of misleading the house' means 'he's a blinking liar'".
The wording is confusing, and seems purposefully misleading if he means the former.
In the "Doctrine of Right" Kant complains that the German word used to describe international right, "Völkerrecht", is misleading, for it means literally the right of nations or peoples.
It's important to note that shipments are a very different number than sales, but with both of these products selling well we wouldn't consider these numbers misleading by any means.
It means misleading information -- misplaced, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information -- information that creates the illusion of knowing something, but which in fact leads one away from knowing... What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.
