3
seeming(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, dishonest)
3
shoddy
3
sly(adjective, false, deceitful, artful, slippery)
3
smooth(adjective, deceitful, sly, devious)
3
sneaky(adjective, false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful)
3
two-faced(adjective, wrong, fake, false, dishonest)
3
uncertain(adjective, doubtful, faint, vague, dubious)
3
underhand(adjective, false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful)
3
unsound(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
3
vain(adjective, false, useless, incorrect, untrue)
3
wily(adjective, smooth, false, dishonest, cunning)
2
ambagious
2
ambivalent(adjective, equivocal)
2
artful(adjective, false, deceitful, sly, hypocritical)
2
catchy(adjective, false, ambiguous, deceptive, unfaithful)
2
chimerical(fake, false, fantastic, deceitful, untrue)
2
circuitous
2
concocted(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
2
confounding(adjective, difficult, false, striking, ambiguous)
2
confusing(adjective, difficult, false, vague, striking)
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