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Definitions
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
Word origin
From Middle French déceptif, from Latin dēceptīvus, from dēcipiō (“to deceive”).
Used in a sentence
“deceptive practices”
“Appearances can be deceptive.”
“[…] at the opening of the campaign, the French, after various deceptive attempts on different places, suddenly invested Tournay.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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