Synonyms: fallacious
Definition: based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
Usage: fallacious hope
Similar words: wrong, incorrect
Definition: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
Usage: an incorrect calculation; the report in the paper is wrong; your information is wrong; the clock showed the wrong time; found themselves on the wrong road; based on the wrong assumptions
Synonyms: deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent
Definition: intended to deceive
Usage: deceitful advertising; fallacious testimony; smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice - S.T.Coleridge; a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
Similar words: dishonest, dishonorable
Definition: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
Synonyms: unsound, fallacious
Definition: containing or based on a fallacy
Usage: fallacious reasoning; an unsound argument
Similar words: invalid
Definition: having no cogency or legal force
Usage: invalid reasoning; an invalid driver's license