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roving
2
scheming(false, dishonest, deceitful, tricky, misleading)
2
secondhand(mediated, displaced)
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shady(dishonest, cunning, deceitful, tricky, crooked)
2
slanting(adjective, diagonal)
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slippery(false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful, crooked)
2
sly(false, dishonest, cunning, vague, deceitful)
2
snaking(adjective, irregular, crooked, inclined, rambling)
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spiral
2
tacit(adjective, hidden, taken, latent, implicit)
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treacherous(false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful, tricky)
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twisty
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two-faced(false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful, crooked)
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uncertain(adjective, incidental, circumstantial)
2
understood(adjective, hidden, latent, implicit, latency implication)
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unethical(dishonest, cunning, deceitful, crooked, sneaky)
2
unscrupulous(dishonest, cunning, deceitful, crooked, sly)
2
unstraightforward
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vague(adjective, false, polite, deceitful, tricky)
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warped
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