ILLUSIVE
\ɪlˈuːsɪv], \ɪlˈuːsɪv], \ɪ_l_ˈuː_s_ɪ_v]\
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based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"
By Princeton University
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Deceiving by false impressions; deceptive; illusory.
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Illusively.
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Illusiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Illusively.
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Illusiveness.
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Misleading; deceptive. illusory.
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Illusoriness.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).