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deceptive
/dɪˈsɛptɪv/
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What does deceptive mean?
adjective
- Likely or attempting to deceive.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈsɛptɪv/
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But the best proofs are furnished by those often-cited cases in which the insect bears a deceptive resemblance to another object.
There could hardly be a better example of that most common and deceptive of all things--belief created by the desire to believe.
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On the other hand, the deceptive possibilities in touch are seen in the well-known mistakes to which one is subjected in blind touching.
In crossing a wide crevasse, the sledge became bogged in the soft snow of a drift which had a deceptive appearance of solidity.