| 单词 | deniable |
| 释义 | deniable (once / 1289 pages) adj When you’re doing something you don't necessarily want to own up to, something you may want to deny ever happened, you can try to create a cloud of uncertainty and make it deniable. Secret government agencies are adept at covering their tracks so their actions remain deniable. An intelligence bureau may work to encourage a coup, but by working through spies and operatives, the agency tries to keep its role secret and deniable. If you're addicted to late-night scenes of gluttony with chocolate-chip cookies, you may want to keep that secret deniable by creating a phantom aunt with a special fondness for cookies. WORD FAMILYdeniable: undeniable+/denial: denials, self-denial/denier: deniers/deny: deniable, denial, denied, denier, denies, denying, denys/denying: self-denying/undeniable: undeniablest, undeniably USAGE EXAMPLESThis imperviousness often leaves women, people of color and other oppressed groups trying to pin down the plausibly deniable injustices that imbue their lives. The Guardian(Nov 04, 2016) He was beginning a process that was certain to include many more disclosures from the F.B.I., but in the haphazard and deniable form of leaks. The New Yorker(Oct 29, 2016) It might also be deniable — a key to any covert action approved by the president. New York Times(Oct 15, 2016) adj capable of being denied or contradicted Syn|Ant disavowable capable of being disavowed confutable, confutative, questionable, refutableable to be refuted undeniable not possible to deny incontestable, indisputable, undisputablenot open to question; obviously true incontrovertible, irrefutable, positiveimpossible to deny or disprove unquestionableincapable of being questioned |
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