8
untruthful(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
7
fictitious(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
7
tricky(adjective, wrong, false, dishonest, cunning)
7
unreal(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
7
wrong(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, dishonest)
6
beguiling(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
6
casuistic(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
6
dubious
6
erroneous(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
6
fraudulent(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
6
inaccurate(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
6
sophistic(adjective, mad, unreasonable, irrational, fallacious)
6
sophistical(adjective, wrong, fake, difficult, false)
5
deluding(verb, adjective, false, mad, unreasonable)
5
hallucinatory(adjective, fake, false, fantastic, deceitful)
5
imaginary(adjective, wrong, fake, false, strange)
5
meretricious(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
misdirection
5
mistaken(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
sham(noun, adjective, fake, deception, false)
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