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I need a word, y'all. It can be either an adjective or a noun/allusion.
I'm firing off an angry E-mail to the editor of our local newspaper. I'm fed up with the typos, not particularly those in the copy (every newspaper commits typos), but the almost-daily ones in the headlines!! Some of these are obviously spell-check generated, and I want to point that out and add that spell check is _____? The word/phrase I want means something that looks innocent or helpful or the surface, but deep down is/can be just the opposite.
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Pooh-Bah
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A slippery slope
A snare and a delusion
Fatally flawed
Simplistic
Unthinking robotic moron (any combination)
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Not an answer but maybe a guide to thinking about this question:
"The pertiest little desert flower'll slip a knife in you if don't watch out."
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Spell checker = error compounder
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addict
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spell check is _____?
perfidious to her own art A deceptive Janus A steganographic challenge
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Nefarious? Not really accurate for your intent, but kinda appropriate, especially considering the type of spell checker we have here. Deceptive? Unreliable? Illusory? Just a few ideas for you.
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specious? " Some [serpent(ine spellchecker)s] specious and beautiful to the eye. --Bp. Richardson."
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'...that spell check is _____ merely suggesting an alternative which may be neither accurate nor correct.
(Why use one word when 11 will suffice!!)
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