If you are a C student, and your guidance counselor tells you to apply to MIT and Harvard, his advice may be delusive, or not based in fact, giving a false impression.
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory;
Adjective S.
inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
a.
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;
deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.
Delusive
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas.--
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory;
Usage Examples
Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?
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Other Usage ExamplesO sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.
Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.