as in libelous
causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name
made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanderous
Adjective
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In recent weeks, though, her group has doubled in size, and while in the past there were only two or three posts per day, Mitchell and her new moderators now have to wade through 60-plus comments ranging from helpful to libelous.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025 -
And in this age of clickbait journalism, even those members of the legacy media have resorted to libelous headlines and false reports to generate views.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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It must also be said that, for all the lamenting of the Netherlands’ failure to win, West Germany — and Muller — were robbed of a clear goal in the second half due to an erroneous offside flag.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Thursday, an erroneous report of a man with a gun sent two Boulder schools into lockdown.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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After a series of lawsuits, a judge found the author's claims defamatory.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
10 Sep. 2025
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Meghan's team has been arguing the statements complained about were largely opinions or were substantially true, and therefore not defamatory.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How does peer review work, and what is its purpose if not to prevent incorrect claims from getting published to the greater world?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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In others, its claims were factually incorrect because of inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An unfavorable past Amid the AI race heating up, the United States has banned China from using its most advanced AI products, including NVIDIA’s H100 and H200 chips.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sherrill received a 40 percent favorability rating, compared to a 29 percent unfavorable rating.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Slanderous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanderous. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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