slanderous

From slander + -ous.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈslændəɹəs/

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slanderous (comparative more slanderous, superlative most slanderous)

1. (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
   • 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, anonymous quotee, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost‎^[1]:

     “Your lack of basic journalistic ethics in both the manner in which you ‘reported’ this uncredited nonsense, and the slanderous, unnecessary use of my picture without permission demands a response, and I am, of course, pursuing legal action.”

• defamatory
• libelous
• See also Thesaurus:defamatory

• slander