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torben-friistoday at 4:00 PM0 repliesview on HN

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).