| query | You use t__________ to describe a statement or action that is obviously dishonest or wrong, and that you think will not deceive people.You use transparent to describe a statement or action that is obviously dishonest or wrong, and that you think will not deceive people. He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions. To force this agreement on the nation is transparently wrong. Her answers were transparently untruthful. |
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| word | transparent |
| full-definition | adjective If an object or substance is transparent, you can see through it. ...a sheet of transparent coloured plastic. I looked at his thin face with its almost transparent skin. If a situation, system, or activity is transparent, it is easily understood or recognized. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy. The company has to make its accounts and operations as transparent as possible. The system was clearly not functioning smoothly or transparently. The book is remarkably accurate and transparently fair-minded. You use transparent to describe a statement or action that is obviously dishonest or wrong, and that you think will not deceive people. He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions. To force this agreement on the nation is transparently wrong. Her answers were transparently untruthful. |
| inflections | transparentlytransparently |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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