half-truth
Use Half-truth in a sentence
Origin:
1650–60
1650–60
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| half-truth | |
| —n | |
| a partially true statement intended to mislead | |
| 'half-'true | |
| —adj | |
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Half-truth
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
Each of these propositions is a dangerous half-truth.
Second, a half-truth exists in that statistic and the reason for its use in your chart.
Allow me to respond to each of these half-truth, half-myths.
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