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skew

verb

To distort or give an uneven direction to something.

Distort or bias

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distort bias slant warp misrepresent

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sophist

noun

A person who uses clever but misleading reasoning; also a member of an ancient Greek teaching tradition.

Clever but misleading reasoner

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casuist specious reasoner quibbler

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specious

adjective

Appearing convincing or correct while actually being misleading or unsound.

Plausible but unsound

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misleading fallacious deceptive spurious sophistical

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