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deceptive

adjective

de·​cep·​tive di-ˈsep-tiv How to pronounce deceptive (audio)
: tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive
a deceptive appearance
a pitcher with a deceptive windup
deceptively adverb
deceptiveness noun

Example Sentences

in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car a mail-order firm indicted for deceptive business practices
Recent Examples on the Web Not fans, who learn nothing of value until publishers are ready to begin profit-maximizing, sometimes-deceptive marketing rollouts (or until journalists investigate them). Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022 Should Massachusetts adopt legislation barring deceptive ads by pregnancy crisis centers? BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 In fact, both journalism and scholarship on deceptive reporting to rise in the U.S. News rankings, which debuted in 1983, dates back to at least the 90s. David M. Perry, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Holding it all together was Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, the film’s Southern-gentleman re-imagining of a Hercule Poirot/Sherlock Holmes sleuth, whose wryly deceptive genius made him, for some of us, more super than any superhero. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022 Offering a damning look at the reality of these circles, Occult questions the deceptive nature of images and the colonialist roots of propaganda. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022 Diaz has gone from dominating hitters to embarrassing them, hurling over 100 mp fastballs and deceptive sliders past their chins and knees, strutting off the mound impressed with his own handiwork. Khari Nixon, SPIN, 6 Sep. 2022 These technologies have the potential to spread disinformation and create deep fakes, an umbrella term for deceptive photos and videos that are digitally altered. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 But for all its wit, its lively talk and deceptive lightness, this is arguably the writer-director’s most affecting work. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see deception

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of deceptive was circa 1611

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