Deceptive Definition

dĭ-sĕptĭv
adjective
Deceiving or intended to deceive.
Webster's New World

Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive.

Deceptive advertising.
Deceptive practices.
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Origin of Deceptive

  • From Middle French déceptif

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Deceptive Sentence Examples

  • He was good at deceptive conversation – too good.

  • Damian knew better than to trust the deceptive appearance of this type of creature.

  • Damian and Eden were closer, his deceptive display of relaxed power causing the air to hum with even more magic.

  • Maybe it was deceptive to keep it a secret, but if he was marrying her for love, it wouldn't make any difference.

  • The advantage to the fly of its deceptive resemblance to the bee is theoretically perfectly evident and practically can be demonstrated by experiment.

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DDEDEC

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EVEIVE

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