deceivable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceivable
Adjective
  • However, due to space constraints, not all instruments could fit inside the titanium vault, and the ones that couldn’t would be more susceptible to the inevitable degradation that would ensue from being exposed to this radiation-rich environment.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Teenagers, despite our best efforts to educate them in open-minded ways, are gullible and therefore vulnerable.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Police describe it as a brazen, unsophisticated robbery that occurred around 5:30 p.m. on June 18, targeting a jewelry store on the 5100 block of Mowry Avenue in Fremont.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Although the answer was reasonable for an unsophisticated seller, the listing agent should have required confirmation of licensing status with the Registrar of Contractors.
    Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This could soon begin to attract the criminal organizations looking for exploitable areas of science.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The downside to that wildness is exploitable attack loops that lead to infinities.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite being banned from Instagram and TikTok in 2022, videos featuring Tate are still easy to find on those sites.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • If the near future belongs to consumers with their own AI co-pilots, brands will win by being the easiest—and most trusted—choice inside those journeys.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Their attempts at political discourse often veered toward the group speaking in vague, naïve universalisms.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At times on Saturday, Bremen were terribly naive, exhibiting all the fragility expected of a team built from inexperienced players.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The first couple spirals into assumptions and resentment, while the second remains steady and trusting.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Paul and Julie have an open marriage; their relationship is as modern as their taste in architecture, and Carey, guileless to a fault, assumes that his friend won’t mind.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But Meg Stalter is not so much clueless as compassionately guileless.
    Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
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“Deceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceivable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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