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
This was, I learned, typical of the prewar intelligence estimates: They amounted to semi-educated guesses built on previous and seldom-challenged guesses that always assumed the worst and imagined deceptiveness in everything the Iraqi regime did.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020
In a recent report, Boise State University professor and polygraph expert Charles Honts concluded police used the polygraph as a “psychological rubber hose” rather than as a tool to detect deceptiveness.
From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2016
He had moments through the night of recognizing the deceptiveness of his senses.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
