Definition of deceptive
: 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
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Examples 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
Recent Examples of deceptive from the Web
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Some 11 million cars worldwide have the deceptive software.
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Prolific and often deceptive tweeting has been a central part of Donald Trump’s public identity for years.
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The omnipresence of the cheetah in documentaries and the popular consciousness is deceptive.
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The same unidentified person was involved in all of the deceptive transactions at the store on Windward Parkway, police said.
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But that won’t get rid of false or biased information online, which comes from many sources, including deceptive advertising, satirical websites and misleading partisan posts and articles.
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Adelson's cash produced billboards and mailers about deceptive gummy bears and the hazards for kids who get into someone's stash.
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O’Hara gives banks and bankers what, at times, feels like a lot of leeway on practices that seem at best unfair, and at worst deceptive.
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Oddly, the character of Tim is also written with a shadow of doubt built in—a mostly stifled dissatisfaction with the deceptive life of a secret agent.
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Origin and Etymology of deceptive
see deception
First Known Use: circa 1611
DECEPTIVE Defined for English Language Learners
deceptive
playDefinition of deceptive for English Language Learners
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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
DECEPTIVE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of deceptive for Students
: tending or able to deceive deceptive advertisements
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adverbLaw Dictionary
deceptive
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: tending or having capacity to deceive deceptive trade practices — compare fraudulent, misleading
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