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fallacious
adjective
Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
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fə.ˈleɪ.ʃəs
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adjective
Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
“Fallacious hope”
adjective
Involving deception
“Deceitful advertising”
adjective
Containing or based on a fallacy
“Fallacious reasoning”
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Fallacious hope
Deceitful advertising
Fallacious testimony
{'source': 'S.T.Coleridge', 'text': 'smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice'}
A fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
Fallacious reasoning
An unsound argument
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