Fallacious

a.

1.

Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning.

Adj.	1.	fallacious - containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" Synonyms: unsound
	2.	fallacious - intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" Synonyms: deceitful, fraudulent
	3.	fallacious - based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"

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