- DECEPTIVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DECEPTIVE is tending or having power to cause someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : tending or having power to deceive How to use deceptive in a sentence
- DECEPTIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DECEPTIVE definition: 1 making you believe something that is not true: 2 making you believe something that is not… Learn more
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Definition of deceptive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Deceptive - definition of deceptive by The Free Dictionary
Define deceptive deceptive synonyms, deceptive pronunciation, deceptive translation, English dictionary definition of deceptive adj Deceiving or tending to deceive: a deceptive advertisement de·cep′tive·ness n
- DECEPTIVE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true Johnston isn't tired of Las Vegas yet, it seems, but appearances can be deceptive
- deceptive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
[…] it is characteristic of TB that many of its symptoms are deceptive—liveliness that comes from enervation, rosy cheeks that look like a sign of health but come from fever—and an upsurge of vitality may be a sign of approaching death
- deceptive - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
relating to or marked by deceit: deceptive advertising, until you read the fine print apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive perceptually misleading: It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive de•cep′tive•ness, n 1 delusive, fallacious, specious
- DECEPTIVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Deceptive means intended to or tending to deceive —to lie, mislead, or otherwise hide or distort the truth Deceptive is typically used to describe an action or something that deceives or is intended to deceive, as in deceptive business practices
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