Sentence examples for rather deceptive from inspiring English sources

Forget the reality that the scoreline felt rather deceptive at times, with this far from pristine.

In the end we conclude that contemporary western political systems are not rooted in the interest of the people, but are rather deceptive forces of branding designed to promote underlining agendas.

In the case of context, the familiarity with the words 'context' and 'situation' has perhaps been rather deceptive: the first to raise an alarm against this tendency was of course Firth in his critique of Malinowski (Firth, [1968]).

The packaging was rather deceptive for my pound cake.

Still, the two leads are luscious, and so is India--though the latter is rather deceptive.

I also learned of a rather deceptive practice known as greenwashing - in which a consumer will be led to think the product or service is truly green, but when you look deeper into it - as in the case of cage-free eggs - that is not the case.

"Surely, there are ways to negotiate an outcome that partakes of the boss's desire for confidentiality but engages the support of the employee," said Rushworth Kidder, president of the Institute for Global Ethics in Camden, Me. "But that will only happen if the motive behind the boss's action was up front and straightforward rather than deceptive or wily.

Meanwhile, Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul, responding to a rather egregiously deceptive ad from a pro-Obama super PAC, noted that Romney was responsible for enacting a health care reform law in Massachusetts.

For example, research found that anti-smoking campaigns targeting youth were most effective if the messages did not emphasize the negative long-term effects of smoking, but rather the deceptive promotional practices of cigarette manufacturers and the effects of secondhand smoke on others.

Historical fiction becomes historical fact -- and suddenly kitsch feels more like Greenberg described it: dangerous and deceptive, rather than harmless and amusing.

She added that it is especially difficult to make a case against an evasive, rather than outright deceptive, witness.