deceptive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·cep·tive BrE [dɪˈseptɪv] NAmE [dɪˈseptɪv] adjective
likely to make you believe sth that is not true
Syn: ↑misleading
•a deceptive advertisement
•Appearances can often be deceptive (= things are not always what they seem to be).
•the deceptive simplicity of her writing style (= it seems simple but is not really)
Derived Word: ↑deceptively

Word Origin:
[deceptive deceptively] early 17th cent.: from Old French deceptif, -ive or late Latin deceptivus, from decept- ‘deceived’, from decipere ‘to deceive’.

Example Bank:
•The firm was found guilty of publishing a misleading and deceptive advertisement.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  misleading, shoddy, delusory