deceptive

adj.

Deceptive or tending to deceive.

deceptiveness de·cep'tive·ness n.

adjective

Tending to lead one into error: delusive, delusory, fallacious, illusive, illusory, misleading. See honest/dishonest, real/imaginary.

adj

Definition: dishonest
Antonyms: forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright

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IN BRIEF: Tending to or having the ability to trick someone.

The apple's flawless red skin was deceptive because the fruit inside was rotten.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
  Synonym: delusory

Meaning #2: tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
  Synonym: misleading

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