deceptiveness
Example Sentences
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"The omission and/or deceptiveness of this essential information" in advertising could influence consumers' decisions and expose them, "minors in particular", to the risk of unknowingly damaging their health, it said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2023
I can’t feel much anger toward Santos for his deceptiveness, just a bit of sorrow.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
He’s been focusing on improving the deceptiveness of his positioning, making the calls for the rest of the secondary and have a better understanding of what each opposing offense is trying to do.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2016
Once Ray is backed into a corner, however, he reveals a streak of deceptiveness that Mr. Breaux makes equally believable — while still maintaining a sense of forlorn desperation that keeps his character sympathetic.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2016
Then these are succeeded by thoughts of the uncertainty and deceptiveness of the future and what may be lurking in it, and my dreams fade away like the northern lights, pale and colorless.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen
