as in misleading
tending or having power to deceive
the deluding appearance of the surface of the river, which is actually quite fast-moving
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as in fooling
to cause to believe what is untrue
we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet
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Verb
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Liverpool are regularly seeing apps that replicate the appearance of genuine tickets — fooling not just first-time visitors to Anfield.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025 -
The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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However, when adjusted for inflation, real prices in Turkey have dropped by 10.4 percent, illustrating how price growth can be deceptive without factoring in inflation.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2025
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Had these assessments been conducted, issues like algorithmic bias, content manipulation and deceptive AI practices would have been flagged before litigators intervened.—
Patrick Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In June of 2023, police approached her residence after receiving a false tip about child abuse.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Looking down into the pit is not a powerful moment — looking up at this teenager that is desperate to get out of the wilderness and kill this false prophet in Lottie is powerful.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Arizona's temperature can be deceiving and deadly.—
Shelby Slade,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Jan. 2025
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In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration regulators who approved the 737 Max.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Deluding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluding. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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