Deceptive
/dɪˈsɛp.tɪv/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Likely or attempting to deceive.
"deceptive practices"
Adjective
- 1 designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently wordnet
- 2 causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true wordnet
Example
More examples"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."
Etymology
From Middle French déceptif, from Latin dēceptīvus, from dēcipiō (“I deceive”).