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(adj) shoddy, misleading
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm; deliberately deceptive packaging; a misleading similarity; statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading; shoddy business practices
(adj) delusory
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
deceptive calm; a delusory pleasure