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deceptive
adjective
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
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dɪ.ˈsɛp.tɪv
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adjective
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
“the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm”
adjective
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
“deceptive calm”
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the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
deliberately deceptive packaging
a misleading similarity
statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
deceptive calm
a delusory pleasure
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