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adjective

Definition of equivocatingnext
as in pretending

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equivocating

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verb

present participle of equivocate
as in weaseling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivocating
  1. hypocritical
  2. duplicitous
  3. shaking
  4. insincere
  5. evasive
  6. untrustworthy
  7. unreliable
  8. unscrupulous
Adjective
  • Some even pointed to an interview Yang recently conducted with the pop star for Interview magazine, claiming that his comments seemed hypocritical in hindsight given the nature of his SNL performance.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Movie masturbation scenes also highlight our culture’s hypocritical double standard.
    Caroline Madden, Vulture, 8 July 2024
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • The Haganah, seen as the defense force of the mainstream Jewish community, were often duplicitous with the British and other extremist groups.
    Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2015
  • Here, Russell speaks with Rolling Stone about what real-life diplomats think of Kate Wyler, the chaotic relationship between Kate and her duplicitous husband Hal (Rufus Sewell), getting to work with Allison Janney in this new season, memories from her time on The Americans, and more.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of duplicitous
Verb
  • Let the potatoes and garlic stand in the pot for 1 minute, shaking the pan occasionally, until the liquid evaporates.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That makes these companies almost impossible to change without industry-shaking upheaval.
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of shaking
Adjective
  • Others offered themselves as mediators in the sincere (or insincere) hope of minimizing the war’s direct and ancillary costs or even of ending it altogether.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • That’s not to say there’s no room for course-correction — Karen’s frenemy Gizelle Bryant suddenly learning how to apologize this season is a good example — but that a sudden personality transplant reads as insincere.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of insincere
Adjective
  • Still, Trump has been evasive about a specific agency or position.
    Hanna Trudo, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The Trump supporters at times boxed in the bus, slowed it down, kept it from exiting the highway and repeatedly forced the bus driver to make evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision, the lawsuit says.
    Nadia Lathan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of evasive
Adjective
  • With both stars being notoriously untrustworthy, the glue that held them together was their friendship with Cody Rhodes.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • There are whistle-blowers who are perhaps a little too fond of the drink and thus possibly untrustworthy.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of untrustworthy
Adjective
  • But when compared to last year’s unreliable defense that failed to close out numerous close games, much less help accelerate blowouts, what the unit is doing this year is a breath of fresh air in Boulder.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Wendy’s revealed that this AI system helped power its recent $1 Frosty promotion, which took aim at competitors’ unreliable ice cream machines.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of unreliable
Adjective
  • The Electoral College has not worked as Dickinson hoped, to protect the people from unscrupulous politicians.
    Jane E. Calvert / Made by History, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Understand that sometimes, unscrupulous companies don't follow the rules.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of unscrupulous
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