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[ UK /dɪlˈuːsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. inappropriate to reality or facts
    delusive expectations
    delusive faith in a wonder drug
    false hopes

How To Use delusive In A Sentence

  • Wednesday's win was a pleasing, restorative result at a time when it was badly needed, but it would be delusive to read too much into it.
  • Therefore the learning of many languages is injudicious, inasmuch as it arouses the belief in the possession of dexterity, and, as a matter of fact, it lends a kind of delusive importance to social intercourse. Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education
  • Thus we can have common-sense knowledge while not knowing that we are not having the delusive experience of a brain-in-a-vat.
  • There can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive unless sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it. 
  • There can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive unless sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it. 
  • There can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive unless sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it. 
  • Scientific truth is always paradox, if judged by everyday experience, which catches only the delusive nature of things.
  • Perceptions can be delusive, especially when core beliefs are at stake.
  • There can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive unless sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it. 
  • There can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive unless sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it. 
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