deceptive
adjective
1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
- deceptive calm
Similar word(s): unreal, delusory
2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
- the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
- deliberately deceptive packaging
Similar word(s): dishonest, dishonorable, misleading
Sentences with deceptive as an adjective:
- deceptive advertising
- deceptive practices