fallacious


fallacious (http://definr.com/fallacious)

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