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Sentence count:85+2Posted:2016-08-11Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: delusorymisleadingshoddySimilar words: receptionexceptionperceptionconceptionconceptexcept fordecentacceptanceMeaning: [-ptɪv]  adj. 1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true 2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently. 
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31. But the shimmering white minaret, and the impressive dome, designed to shelter 3,500 worshippers, are deceptive.
32. Working the land was hard, and there was no end to it, despite a deceptive freedom.
33. Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion. Robert H. Schuller 
34. Again, are we to infer that the appearances were deceptive and that the Societies were not co-operatives?
35. The purpose of this chapter is to examine the what, why, how and where of deceptive behavior in organizations.
36. Appearances of being vicious, mindless, or mediocre can be deceptive, and the deception is often studied and rehearsed.
37. Because of the possible multiplicity of targets for change, it is deceptive to consider this process problem- solving.
38. The trip was to become the epitome of the affair: misconceived, well-meaning, disastrous, courageous, deceptive and surreal.
39. There is a deceptive simplicity about such lists which requires extensive effort to ensure a comprehensive but coherent content.
40. Police said yesterday the terrible injuries on their bodies, washed up on a beach, could be deceptive.
41. I know appearances can be deceptive, but Jeffrey didn't seem like a wife-beater.
42. At times I nearly went crazy from loneliness, and from that most deceptive enemy of all: self-pity.
43. The apparently objective, ideologically neutral tone of Chronique de septembre is deceptive, however.
44. Deceptive behaviors are those actions intended to create a false impression of reality.
45. Good and honest people are equally vulnerable to being hypocritical and deceptive when self- interests are involved – sometimes even honest people have to pay the price of acting hypocritically or unscrupulously. Dr T.P.Chia 
46. The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.
47. High slack systems, then, are often hotbed of deceptive activities that cover up the exercise of power for personal gain.
48. Today's final 78 miles of stages are over the notoriously deceptive Yorkshire forest roads.sentencedict.com/deceptive.html
49. Federal organizations have been monitoring the Internet for deceptive advertisements, consumer fraud, and other unlawful activities.
50. She tried to pretend she didn't know what he meant, but his bantering tone had been deceptive.
51. His unassuming manner and relaxed style of writing and storytelling are deceptive.
52. To be sure, what travels on the electronic highways is limited, often flawed, and occasionally deceptive.
53. Now Midleigh realized that no tide he had ever experienced had come close to the fury of the deceptive river.
54. Such extreme sociability is unusual among birds; but the appearance of domestic harmony within the ani groups is deceptive.
55. The trendy logos mean they can sell in shops for up to £50 apiece; but looks can be deceptive.
56. Such was their initiation to the deceptive intrigues of early twentieth-century geopolitics.
57. He can break up the rhythm with the deceptive powers of a confidence trickster and made something happen from seemingly stagnant positions.
58. First appearances can be deceptive because our preferences work on over-all attractiveness not on a check-list of priorities.
59. This mushroom looks harmless enough, but appearances can be deceptive and it is in fact very poisonous.
60. When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
More similar words: receptionexceptionperceptionconceptionconceptexcept fordecentacceptanceacceptableantisepticreceivereceivermotiveactivenativerelativeactivelyincentivesensitivenarrativesupportivecognitiveobjectiveexecutivedetectiveinnovativeproductivecooperativedistinctiveprotective
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