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 inte

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).