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Example sentences for: deceptive

How can you use “deceptive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

However, good-government groups, like Common Cause and the Center for Public Integrity, emphasize that these figures , based on reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, are deceptive . They exclude donations to state parties that are transferred to both federal and nonfederal candidates.
In the third measure of the next statement (Example 2.5b), Kern sets the word "fancy" with a fancy (and deceptive) resolution to a minor triad on the sixth degree of the scale.
The outfits, they say, use deceptive marketing practices to lure customers into a rapid-fire trading approach that will probably cause them to lose money, and then often arrange for them to receive illegal loans (sometimes directly profiting from those loans).
A well-constructed clue comprises only words necessary for conveying, in a deceptive way, the information solvers require to find the answer.
The law clearly specifies, though, that a trademark cannot be immoral, deceptive, scandalous, or disparaging.