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English adjective: deceptive | |||
| 1. | deceptive causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | ||
| Samples | Deceptive calm. A delusory pleasure. | ||
| Synonyms | delusory | ||
| Similar | unreal | ||
| Antonyms | real | ||
| 2. | deceptive designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | ||
| Samples | The deceptive calm in the eye of the storm. Deliberately deceptive packaging. A misleading similarity. Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading. Shoddy business practices. | ||
| Synonyms | misleading, shoddy | ||
| Similar | dishonest, dishonorable | ||
| Antonyms | honest, honorable | ||
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