deceptive
playSimple Definition of deceptive
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: intended to make someone believe something that is not true
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: likely to make someone believe something that is not true
Full Definition of deceptive
: tending or having power to deceive : misleading <a deceptive appearance>
deceptively
adverbdeceptiveness
nounExamples of deceptive in a sentence
<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>
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DECEPTIVE Defined for Kids
deceptive
playDefinition of deceptive for Students
: tending or able to deceive <deceptive advertisements>
deceptively
adverbLaw Dictionary
deceptive
playLegal Definition of deceptive
: tending or having capacity to deceive <deceptive trade practices> — compare fraudulent, misleading
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