The meaning of False

verb

Make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients.

Usage examples:

She began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him

verb

Past simple and past participle of concoct

Usage examples:

He concocted the most amazing dish from all sorts of leftover food., he concocted a story about wor…

adjective

Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.

Usage examples:

A deceitful politician

adjective

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness

verb

Deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.

Usage examples:

I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was french champagne

verb

Present participle of deceive

Usage examples:

The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones., the sound of the door closing…

adjective

Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

Usage examples:

He put the question with deceptive casualness

adjective

Making you believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

It's deceptive - from the outside the building looks small, but inside it's very big.

adjective

Failing to be loyal to a person, country, or organization to which one has obligations.

Usage examples:

She was accused of being disloyal to the government

adjective

Not loyal; acting to hurt someone you are expected to support

Usage examples:

His sisters thought that his autobiography was disloyal to the family.

adjective

Pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted.

Usage examples:

Then he took a few steps in her direction, his face distorted with rage.

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Usage examples:

A grimace distorted her mouth

adjective

Pulled into or appearing as a strange or unnatural shape

Usage examples:

His face was distorted in agony., everything looks distorted through the glass., this report gives …

verb

Present participle of double-cross

Usage examples:

The diamond thief double-crossed his partners and gave them only worthless fake jewels.

noun

The act of cheating or tricking someone by hiding your real intentions

Usage examples:

Several high-ranking officials were named in the scandal, accused of fraud and double dealing.

adjective

Wrong; incorrect.

Usage examples:

Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions

adjective

Based on false information and therefore wrong; false

Usage examples:

An erroneous assumption

verb

Invent (something) in order to deceive.

Usage examples:

Officers fabricated evidence

adjective

Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner.

Usage examples:

Her faithless lover

adjective

Not loyal and not able to be trusted

Usage examples:

A faithless husband

adjective

Based on a mistaken belief.

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Fallacious arguments

adjective

Not correct

Usage examples:

His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.

adjective

Not working or made correctly; having defects.

Usage examples:

A faulty brake

adjective

Not working correctly, or not correct

Usage examples:

Faulty brakes, his arguments were based on faulty reasoning.

adjective

Not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company recalled over 500,000 cars last year because of a faulty connection in their new model.…

adjective

Not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.

Usage examples:

Reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the minister

adjective

Invented and not true or existing; false

Usage examples:

He registered at the hotel under a fictitious name.

adjective

Not real

Usage examples:

Executives invented fictitious sales to justify amounts transferred offshore., many of the internet…

adjective

Having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.

Usage examples:

A fatally flawed strategy

verb

Mar, weaken, or invalidate (something).

Usage examples:

The computer game was flawed by poor programming

adjective

Having or containing one or more faults, mistakes, or weaknesses

Usage examples:

Don't rush to another flawed conclusion., badly/deeply/seriously flawed these results were the outc…

adjective

Lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

Usage examples:

The witness could give only vague and imprecise descriptions

adjective

Not accurate or exact

Usage examples:

As all the data have not yet been collected, the figures are still imprecise.

adjective

Not accurate.

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False or inaccurate descriptions of goods

adjective

Not correct, or not exact

Usage examples:

Your information is inaccurate – i was born in 1956, not 1965., inaccurate measurements, [ c ] rose…

adjective

Frequently changing; variable or irregular.

Usage examples:

The exact dimensions aren't easily measured since they are inconstant

adjective

Not staying the same, especially in emotion, behaviour, or choice of sexual partner

Usage examples:

An inconstant lover

adjective

Not in accordance with fact; wrong.

Usage examples:

The doctor gave you incorrect advice

adjective

Exhibiting (or failing to exhibit) political correctness.

Usage examples:

It is not politically correct to laugh at speech impediments

adjective

Not correct; not accurate

Usage examples:

He charged that the news story was factually incorrect and demanded an apology., for each question …

adjective

Not quite accurate or correct.

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An inexact description

adjective

Not known in detail or not completely accurate

Usage examples:

Economics is an inexact science.

noun

A person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She spent the rest of her life as an invalid

verb

Remove (someone) from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

He was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry

adjective

(of an official document or procedure) not legally recognized because it contravenes a regulation or law.

Usage examples:

The will was declared invalid and the children were entitled to the estate

verb

Create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of.

Usage examples:

He invented an improved form of the steam engine

adjective

Deceitful and untrustworthy.

Usage examples:

A perfidious lover

adjective

Unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty

Usage examples:

She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a traitor; treacherous.

Usage examples:

When his traitorous actions were discovered, he was imprisoned

adjective

Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.

Usage examples:

A treacherous gestapo agent

adjective

Tending to betray

adjective

(of the ground or the sea) extremely dangerous, esp. because of bad weather conditions

Usage examples:

Freezing rain made driving treacherous., he was treacherous, or at least sneaky.

adjective

Not to be trusted

Usage examples:

He’s a two-faced cheater.

adjective

Not faithful.

Usage examples:

We speak of faithful, and unfaithful portraits.

adjective

Not loyal or able to be trusted

Usage examples:

An unfaithful friend

adjective

Having no foundation or basis in fact.

Usage examples:

Her fear that she had cancer was unfounded

adjective

(of a claim or piece of news) not based on fact; untrue

Usage examples:

Unfounded rumors

adjective

If a claim or piece of news is unfounded, it is not based on fact

Usage examples:

Our fears about the weather proved totally unfounded.

adjective

Not in accordance with fact or reality; false or incorrect.

Usage examples:

These suggestions are totally untrue

adjective

Not true; false

Usage examples:

Her remarks were irresponsible and untrue.

adjective

Saying or consisting of something that is false or incorrect.

Usage examples:

Companies issuing untruthful recruitment brochures

adjective

Not telling the truth completely, or containing or telling lies

Usage examples:

He claimed that the report was inaccurate, untruthful, and incomplete., we are all very upset by th…

adjective

Not correct or true; incorrect.

Usage examples:

That is the wrong answer

adverb

In an unsuitable or undesirable manner or direction.

Usage examples:

What am i doing wrong?

noun

An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act.

Usage examples:

I have done you a great wrong