slanderous

adjective

Definition of slanderousnext
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
  1. libelous
  2. erroneous
  3. incorrect
  4. unfavorable
Adjective
  • Any accusation that Israel's objective was to starve innocent civilians—rather than to compel the surrender of Hamas combatants—is not merely unfounded but a libelous distortion of the truth.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Newspapers also worried about potentially libelous posts.
    Mike Savino, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Definition of libelous
Adjective
  • An employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide about $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024, Macy’s indicated.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of erroneous
Adjective
  • The toy maker advised parents that the label was incorrect and directed consumers who had already purchased the product to discard its packaging and contact Mattel Customer Service.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • But the chances of an offer shared with applicants interested in NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies and Millennium High School were incorrect due to an error in the programs’ seat availability.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of incorrect
Adjective
  • But Trump’s return, and pledge to end the war quickly, has fueled concern that an unfavorable truce might be forced on Ukraine.
    Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Hezbollah's military infrastructure has been significantly degraded, and the Lebanese group agreed to a ceasefire with Israel last month under extremely unfavorable terms.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfavorable
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