Dictionary entry
Deceptive
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛptɪv/
Pronunciation
/dɪˈsɛptɪv/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) လှည့်ဖြားတတ်သော။ လှည့်စားသော။ မျက်စမှောက်စေတတ်သော။
Definition
deceptive /dÇ'septÇv/ adj လွည့္ျဖားတတ္ေသာ။ လွည့္စားေသာ။ မ်က္စိေမွာက္ေစတတ္ေသာ။ Appearances are often deceptive (ie Things are not always what they seem to be). ❍ Her simple style is deceptive: what she has to say is very profound. ❏ deceptively adv အျမင္အားျဖင့္။ ပံုပန္းအားျဖင့္။ The tank is deceptively small: it actually holds quite a lot.
Examples
- [appearances can be deceptive] : The hotel looked nice but appearances can be deceptive.
- New laws against misleading or deceptive advertising