All casuistic synonyms

adj casuistic

• unreal — not real or actual.
• fishy — like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
• illusive — illusory.
• imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
• inexact — not exact; not strictly precise or accurate.
• mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• trumped up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
• unsound — not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
• counterfactual — expressing what has not happened but could, would, or might under differing conditions
• beguiling — Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive.
• concocted — to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
• cooked-up — to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
• misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• cockeyed — If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
• fatuous — foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
• hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
• inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
• incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
• mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
• meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
• nutty — abounding in or producing nuts.
• off the wall — of or relating to a wall: wall space.
• screwy — crazy; nutty: I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.
• unconnected — not connected; not joined together or attached: an unconnected wire.
• unsubstantial — not substantial; having no foundation in fact; fanciful; insubstantial: an unsubstantial argument; unsubstantial hopes.
• wacky — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
• inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
• sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
• unproved — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
• self-contradictory — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
• apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
• captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
• credible — Credible means able to be trusted or believed.
• flattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
• idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
• illogical — not logical; contrary to or disregardful of the rules of logic; unreasoning: an illogical reply.
• likely — probably or apparently destined (usually followed by an infinitive): something not likely to happen.
• nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
• ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
• ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
• presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
• presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
• pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
• probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
• seeming — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
• sophisticated — sophisticated.
• vain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.