sophistical

/səfˈɪstɪkəl/

[adjective]

sophistical

[ADJECTIVE]

plausible but misleading

synonyms : sophistic

Examples

1. Speeches unhampered by rules of evidence and relevance, and without the discipline imposed by judges could be fanciful, false, and sophistical.

2. Notwithstanding our respect for the important document which declared our independence, yet if anything be found in it, and especially in what may be regarded rather as its ornament than its substance, false, sophistical and unmeaning, that respect should not screen it from the freest examination.