deceptive
apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
perceptually misleading: It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive.
Origin of deceptive
1Other words for deceptive
Other words from deceptive
- de·cep·tive·ly, adverb
- de·cep·tive·ness, noun
- non·de·cep·tive, adjective
- non·de·cep·tive·ness, noun
- un·de·cep·tive, adjective
- un·de·cep·tive·ness, noun
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How to use deceptive in a sentence
Allegations include that Nikola staged a 2018 video of its signature hydrogen fuel-cell truck driving, and that it has made deceptive claims about its battery development efforts after the failure of an acquisition deal.
New report claims widespread deception by Nikola Motor and founder Trevor Milton | dzanemorris | September 10, 2020 | FortuneA new report claims that zero-emissions vehicle startup Nikola Motor has made a series of deceptive public statements and representations about its technology and business.
New report claims widespread deception by Nikola Motor and founder Trevor Milton | dzanemorris | September 10, 2020 | FortuneTo start, it is vague on the matter of what’s considered fake news, which it describes as false or deceptive content shared with the potential to cause individual or collective harm.
Brazil’s “fake news” bill won’t solve its misinformation problem | Amy Nordrum | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe FTC probe, run out of the commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, centers on whether Intuit violated the law against unfair and deceptive practices in commerce.
The FTC Is Investigating Intuit Over TurboTax Practices | by Justin Elliott | September 8, 2020 | ProPublicaThe audit comes after a series of stories by Voice of San Diego revealed mismanagement and deceptive practices within the district.
Morning Report: Report Finds Evidence of Fraud in Sweetwater Budget Mess | Voice of San Diego | June 23, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
He knows he was lucky that way; but also that appearances can be deceptive.
“The language on the ballot is deceptive and deliberately so,” says Herron.
Tennessee Voters Face a Loaded Abortion Question | Eleanor Clift | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDig deeper, though, and these tactics start to look somewhat deceptive.
Their opponents suggested that the labels, even if they were accurate, were fundamentally deceptive.
The makers of wildly popular energy shot 5-hour Energy are being sued by three states for deceptive advertising.
Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouAll passions are deceptive; they conceal themselves as much as possible from others and from themselves as well.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreBelow him for a hundred and fifty feet the gravel was of the same hard, deceptive consistency.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonThe boys now realized how deceptive wind and water viewed from a distance always are.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith"Sure," grinned Stanton, with all the deceptive, undauntable optimism of the Just-Awakened.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for deceptive
/ (dɪˈsɛptɪv) /
likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive
music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted (def. 3)
Derived forms of deceptive
- deceptively, adverb
- deceptiveness, noun
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