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ostensible
[ o-sten-suh-buhl ]
adjective
- outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended:
an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- Rare. apparent, evident, or conspicuous:
the ostensible truth of their theories.
ostensible
/ ɒˈɛԲɪə /
adjective
- apparent; seeming
- pretended
Derived Forms
- DzˌٱԲˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Dz·ٱ·· adverb
- ԴDz·Dz·ٱ·· adjective
- ܲ·Dz·ٱ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of ostensible1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ostensible1
Example Sentences
Most recently, the admin authorized deportations without due process to an ostensible prison and actual black site in El Salvador.
The tragicomic hallucination that you see unfolding every day, wherein ostensible adults discuss secret war plans in hackable social media texts replete with emojis, exclamation points and lols, is what the American people freely chose.
With swathes of bushland and ocean all around, the ostensible ease of concealing a body in Antigua may partly explain the absence of answers many families suffer.
An ostensible crackdown on “waste, fraud and abuse” inside the Social Security Administration is making giving birth even more complicated for some Americans.
Friday’s meeting was arranged to discuss Trump’s demand for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, ostensible “payback” for US military support.
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