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not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality;
"gave false testimony under oath"
"false tales of bravery"
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arising from error;
"a false assumption"
"a mistaken view of the situation"
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erroneous and usually accidental;
"a false start"
"a false alarm"
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deliberately deceptive;
"false pretenses"
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inappropriate to reality or facts;
"delusive faith in a wonder drug"
"delusive expectations"
"false hopes"
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not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;
"it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"
"faux pearls"
"false teeth"
"decorated with imitation palm leaves"
"a purse of simulated alligator hide"
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designed to deceive;
"a suitcase with a false bottom"
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inaccurate in pitch;
"a false (or sour) note"
"her singing was off key"
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adopted in order to deceive;
"an assumed name"
"an assumed cheerfulness"
"a fictitious address"
"fictive sympathy"
"a pretended interest"
"a put-on childish voice"
"sham modesty"
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(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful;
"a false friend"
"when lovers prove untrue"
