SLANDEROUS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

slanderous

adjective

Definition of slanderous

as in libelous

causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record

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Recent Examples of slanderous The Tarrant County decorum policy prohibits personal attacks and impertinent, profane, obscene or slanderous remarks. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026 Societies throughout history have punished language deemed blasphemous, seditious, inciting or slanderous. — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 The group’s ads on his past felony bank fraud charges were decried by Ford as slanderous. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 Keefer called these claims baseless and slanderous. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026

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Questions concern how the courts would assess who or what might be responsible for faulty algorithms or other flaws in system design and whether a robot was negligent or malicious when disseminating libelous content damaging individuals or organizations.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
In recent weeks, though, her group has doubled in size, and while in the past there were only two or three posts per day, Mitchell and her new moderators now have to wade through 60-plus comments ranging from helpful to libelous.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025

Definition of libelous

Adjective

However, the rollout of these changes is marred by application glitches, payment calculation errors, erroneous delinquency notices, and massive backlogs for loan forgiveness programs.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The source said the Post’s report that such a conversation had been arranged was erroneous.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of erroneous

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According to the motion, the documentary does not reasonably convey the defamatory implications Banks alleges or suggest that the filmmakers intended to convey them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The lawsuit also accuses Jones, who appears in the series and previously sued Combs in 2024, of making defamatory statements in the documentary.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of defamatory

Adjective

When requirements are unclear, AI may make incorrect assumptions that compound over multiple iterations.

— Son Nguyen, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The senators also noted that grants were canceled out of the blue with form letters, which had contradictory explanations and incorrect citations.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

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