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Adjective

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

Untrue or hard to believe, typically made up

Having a covert or obscure meaning

Not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood

Senselessly futile or unsuccessful

Noun

The action of deluding or the state of being deluded

Verb

Present participle for to give someone the wrong information or idea

Present participle for to conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

Present participle for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

Present participle for to divert one's mind or attention (to something else)

Present participle for to make something more complex

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Adjective

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Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

phony^US

phoney^UK

economical with the truth

colored^US

coloured^UK

terminologically inexact

not backed up by evidence

uncalled-for

mechanical

not what it is cracked up to be

to all intents and purposes

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not thinking straight

cockamamie

wrongly identified

wide of mark

barking up wrong tree

labouring under a misapprehension

barking up the wrong tree

beyond the bounds of possibility

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“It is an offense to make a false or misleading statement about a property.”

Adjective

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Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way

intentionally misleading

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

economical with the truth

phoney^UK

bearing false witness

phony^US

not to be depended on

like a snake in the grass

dexterous^US

all talk and no action

dextrous^UK

not to be relied upon

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Adjective

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Untrue or hard to believe, typically made up

labored^US

laboured^UK

beyond the bounds of possibility

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

not in the least likely

not able to hold water

flakey^US

flaky^UK

extremely implausible

extremely difficult to believe

never to be forgotten

beyond one's wildest dreams

not understandable

beyond the realm of reason

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Adjective

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Having a covert or obscure meaning

gray^US

grey^UK

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

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Adjective

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Not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

Adjective

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Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood

Adjective

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Senselessly futile or unsuccessful

balked^US

baulked^UK

without rhyme or reason

with no chance of success

spinning one's wheels

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

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Noun

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The action of deluding or the state of being deluded

pretense^US

pretence^UK

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for to give someone the wrong information or idea

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

putting on false front

taking for a ride

giving the wrong impression

giving wrong information to

leading down the garden path

leading up the garden path

playing trick on

pulling a fast one on

pulling a swifty on

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

putting on the wrong track

putting up smoke screen

giving someone a bum steer

leading up garden path

throwing off the scent

sending on a wild goose chase

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

taking to the cleaners

selling down the river

getting the better of

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

playing someone false

breaking faith with

committing perjury

doing someone in the eye

bearing false witness

selling a bill of goods to

pulling someone's leg

slipping something over on

selling a bill of goods

doing someone dirty

biasing^US

biassing^UK

playing fast and loose with

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

playing dirty

stretching the rules

bending the rules

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

twisting around your little finger

making a monkey of

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

going one better than

departing from the truth

telling a lie

telling stories

faking it

saying something untrue

perjuring oneself

forswearing oneself

making up a story

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

putting someone up to something

finding a loophole in

tampering with

exploiting a loophole in

fiddling with

interfering with

tinkering with

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“Certain segments of the media appear to have done more to mislead than to inform the public on these issues.”

Verb

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Present participle for to conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

putting on a false front

putting on a front

putting up a smoke screen

passing oneself off as

making as if

claiming falsely

faking out

going through the motions

giving the appearance of

making a show of

playacting

contriving

going through the motions of

presenting a false face

presenting a false front

swathing

hamming

swinging the lead

putting up a front of

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

sweeping under the rug

sweeping under the carpet

harbouring^UK

squirreling^US

harboring^US

putting out of the way

putting on a false display

making inconspicuous

putting up a smokescreen

keeping under your hat

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Verb

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Present participle for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

colouring^UK

coloring^US

giving a false account of

giving a false idea of

biasing^US

biassing^UK

quoting out of context

putting the wrong slant on

taking out of context

giving a false impression of

moulding^UK

molding^US

putting words in someone's mouth

dramatizing^US

giving a false picture of

dramatising^UK

exerting an influence on

having an effect on

faking it

framing up

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Verb

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Present participle for to divert one's mind or attention (to something else)

causing to lose concentration

leading astray

calling off

Verb

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Present participle for to make something more complex

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