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flaw´less|ness — flaw|less «FL lihs», adjective. without a flaw; perfect: »a flawless diamond, flawless reasoning. SYNONYM(S): faultless, unblemished. –flaw´less|ly, adverb. –flaw´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
flaw´less|ly — flaw|less «FL lihs», adjective. without a flaw; perfect: »a flawless diamond, flawless reasoning. SYNONYM(S): faultless, unblemished. –flaw´less|ly, adverb. –flaw´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
flaw|less — «FL lihs», adjective. without a flaw; perfect: »a flawless diamond, flawless reasoning. SYNONYM(S): faultless, unblemished. –flaw´less|ly, adverb. –flaw´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
flaw — flaw1 [flô] n. [ME, a flake, scale, splinter, prob. < or akin to ON flaga, thin layer: for IE base see FLAKE1] 1. a break, scratch, crack, etc. that spoils something; blemish [a flaw in a diamond] 2. a defect; fault; error [a flaw in a legal… … English World dictionary
flaw — n. 1) a fatal flaw 2) a flaw in (there s a flaw in your reasoning) * * * [flɔː] a fatal flaw a flaw in (there s a flaw in your reasoning) … Combinatory dictionary
reasoning — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, sound ▪ circular, faulty, flawed, specious (formal) ▪ underlying ▪ … Collocations dictionary
fallacy — fallacy, sophism, sophistry, casuistry are comparable when meaning unsound and misleading reasoning or line of argument. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are distinguishable in the corresponding adjectives fallacious,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fallacy — I noun captio, deception, deceptive belief, delusion, deviation from truth, distortion, erroneous reasoning, erroneousness, error, fallacious argument, false appearance, falseness, falsity, faultiness, faulty reasoning, flaw in reasoning,… … Law dictionary
learn — learnable, adj. /lerrn/, v., learned /lerrnd/ or learnt, learning. v.t. 1. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski. 2. to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain: to… … Universalium
learn — [[t]lɜrn[/t]] v. learned [[t]lɜrnd[/t]] or learnt, learn•ing 1) to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn a new language[/ex] 2) to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain: to learn the truth[/ex] … From formal English to slang
