Other Word Forms
- mendaciously adverb
- mendaciousness noun
- unmendacious adjective
- unmendaciously adverb
Etymology
Origin of mendacious
Example Sentences
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Sentencing, Lord Arthurson said each of the men were "self-serving, arrogant and mendacious", adding they had "subverted public trust in NHS management".
From BBC
He posted on X "That speech of Robert Jenrick's was lazy, mendacious, simplistic tripe."
From BBC
This is a crabbed and mendacious interpretation of the law.
From Los Angeles Times
While some propaganda is mendacious, the most effective propaganda will interlace carefully selected verifiable facts with emotional appeals.
From Salon
Taking a pause to gather herself from his blunt answer, the comedian tried again to one-up the mendacious ghoul.
From Salon
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