Deceptive
Erroneous
Erroneous adjective - Not being in agreement with what is true.
Usage example: a news article about the new virus that was filled with much erroneous information
Deceptive and erroneous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deceptive" instead an adjective "Erroneous".
Nearby Words: error, erroneously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sham and deceptive
- sham and erroneous
- wrong and deceptive
- wrong and erroneous
- false and deceptive
- false and erroneous
- fraudulent and deceptive
- fraudulent and erroneous
- distorted and deceptive
- distorted and erroneous
- spurious and deceptive
- spurious and erroneous
- unsound and deceptive
- unsound and erroneous
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