illusive
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈluːsɪv/
illusive
- Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
- Testing software completely is an illusive goal.
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219 ↗:
- […] he could not catch the illusive thing that had sadly perplexed as well as elevated his spirit.
- (pertaining to an illusion) illusory
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