Double-dealing (Adjective)
Meaning
Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- His opponent was notorious for being a double-dealing businessman with no qualms about undercutting others for profit.
- It soon became apparent that my best friend had been involved in double-dealing throughout the business negotiations, breaking trust on many fronts.
- Given her extensive double-dealing throughout her public service, no one took seriously the late gubernatorial contender's announced personal motive as only “pay back.
- Any additional company earnings simply seem in good character went around adding by stealth much unwanted fee loading instead here behind numerous incidents exhibiting notorious firm officials very covert shame based ugly “heads always clearly below looking firmly onto extra concealed poor conditions placed ground yet indeed behind fairly described above repeatedly secretly devised practice doubled doubled dealing.
- Critics lamented that the president's abrupt about-face after previous government dealings raised doubts about official business honesty from a very popular political candidate recently engaging in two-faced double-dealing.