Main entry: deceptive, shoddy, misleading
Definition: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
Usage: 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
Main entry: deceptive, delusory
Definition: causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
Usage: deceptive calm; a delusory pleasure