deniable
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- adjective
- /dɪˈnaɪəbl/
:
negable
- And their very presence is infinitely deniable.
- plausibly deniable
When you've got these, like, shadowy, like deniable attacks, it makes it way harder to know how to respond to whom to respond.
- When you've got these, like, shadowy, like deniable attacks, it makes it way harder to know how to respond to whom to respond.
Examples
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No doubt with your admirable surveillance capabilities, you have ferreted out this information anyway, but without a public confession, anything is deniable.
Fiction book (1996) -
They just don't exist if they are plausibly deniable.
Blog text (28) -
But in a deniable way.
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Of course, this all has to be... deniable.
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Not one single thing the young cashier said is deniable.
Blog text (19) -
They use deniable third forces in order to carry out counter insurgency.
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It is a game that's truly deniable in the Milton Friedman sense.
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The official stated that the decision was deniable if challenged by the media.
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He tried to maintain a deniable position regarding the controversial project.
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She crafted a story that was deniable, ensuring no one could trace it back to her.
Synonyms
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Open to doubt or debate because it may not be true
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deniable comes from deny ('to say no' or 'refuse') plus the ending -able ('can be'). So, something deniable is something you 'can deny' — it is not certain or easy to prove.