deflective
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A clue as to Carrick's deflective attitude towards the allegations could be found in his interview with police, however.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2025
Smith also recommends a deflective approach for invading jackets, hair or feet.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
And he offered his deflective auto-response to several inquiries whose answers seemed easily retrieved.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
Shane Weber, a director at Pfizer, looked into Theranos in 2008 and concluded that the company’s responses to his technical questions were “oblique, deflective or evasive,” according to a memo used as evidence.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
This leads us at once to another class of actions, i.e., deflective actions.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various
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