Meaning & Definition of Deceptive in English
English⟶
Deceptive
/dɪsɛptɪv/
adjective
1. Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
- "Deceptive calm"
- "A delusory pleasure"
synonym:
- deceptive,
- delusory
2. Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
- "The deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"
- "Deliberately deceptive packaging"
- "A misleading similarity"
- "Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"
- "Shoddy business practices"
synonym:
- deceptive,
- misleading,
- shoddy
Examples of using
Judge people not by age, but by behavior. Years are deceptive.