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English to English adjective
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Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | | Example: deceptive calm
a delusory pleasure
source: wordnet30
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designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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