deceivable

Definition of deceivablenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceivable
Adjective
  • Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • However, several of the sequences, including the scenes between Imani and Layla, as well as the more violent and action-based ones, are so far removed from reality that even the most gullible viewers won’t take them seriously.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • However, people with weakened immune systems or certain underlying health conditions may be more susceptible to infection.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Cooking Oils Cooking oils high in unsaturated fats, such as olive, walnut, and flaxseed oils, are among the pantry items most susceptible to heat damage.
    Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Sophisticated scams The days of thinking of scammers as unsophisticated, disjointed actors are over in 2026, according to Yoon.
    Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Phishing remains one of the most effective means of gaining access to accounts, despite the relatively unsophisticated technical prowess required.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • Identity and access management without identity governance becomes chaos, and identity management without visibility becomes an exploitable vulnerability.
    Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • For a Carolina team that’s hellbent on possession, that looks like an exploitable matchup if that pair can’t get their act together.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Adjective
  • The interior also comes with a cotton liner, which will be much easier to spot-clean should your cosmetics or snacks leave a stain.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Keep in mind that Santorini’s wine story is also an agricultural story, and Gaia makes that easier to feel.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • The cyclical reality awaiting ‘naive capital’ Allianz is far from the only insurer to have prospered through recent upheavals.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • But performing fealty to that naïve and impoverished picture of judging had become nearly de rigueur for both liberals and conservatives.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • Experimental research suggests that people are more trusting and empathetic toward those who share their own religion and ethnicity.
    Steve S. Medeiros, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
  • Cindy Pickett played Ferris' loving, trusting and hilariously oblivious mother in the film.
    Emma Urdangen, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • Bratty, guileless Toni and Shakira emerged victorious, of course.
    Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • But her star rose and that joyful, beautiful, rather guileless young woman trying to stay cool in a hot city summer lives forever.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 1 June 2026
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“Deceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceivable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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