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false promise

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meanings of falseand promise


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false
adjective
uk /fɒls/ us /fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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promise
noun
uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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Examples of false promise


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Because so few people are likely to have a transplant, relatively few are given the falsepromise of being placed on a transplant waiting list.
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In reality, they deceive them, obtaining money from them in exchange for a falsepromise.
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This kind of politics, and this kind of falsepromise, can do nothing for the good of democracy.
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I have not made, and have no intention of making, any such falsepromise.
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Complications, intricacies, mazes, formulas—these are the characteristics of something that is based on a falsepromise.
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Behind the legislation lies a falsepromise.
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What an extraordinary state of affairs and what a falsepromise of regulation.
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It is an illusion, a falsepromise.
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The rule of law, according to critical race theorists, is a falsepromise of principled government, and they have lost patience with false promises.
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He was determined, however, not to be fooled by any further false promises.
In the case of false promises the answer must be that he cannot.
Those contracted were depicted as ingenuous and ignorant, constantly deceived by false promises.
But, the maxim of making a falsepromise in order to attain a loan relies on the very institution of promise-making that universalizing this maxim destroys.
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For example, suppose a person in need of money makes it her maxim to attain a loan by making a falsepromise to pay it back.
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But, at the same time, we should not give false promises that it will be easy: it is a heavy, tough undertaking.
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The debate revolved around false promises and comparing records.
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Instead of window-dressing and false promises, could not this industry have something?
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I also remember the false promises that were made particularly with regard to bringing down food prices.
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Are we to believe today's promises any more than we should have believed the false promises that were given in the 1980s?
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