Vocabulary
Manipulative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
exercising unscrupulous control or influence over a person or situation.
Urdu meaning
سلجھانا، سلیقہ سے کام کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Sudanese populated the legal department, the Lebanese were inclined towards IT-related tasks, and the Egyptians because of their command over Arabic were known as skilled Iagos devious and manipulative.
- Although journalists are no strangers to hard seasons, recent times have been particularly dystopian for Pakistan`s mediascape with threats, enforced disappearances, manipulative press advisories, undeclared red lines and mass harassment.
- Although journalists are no strangers to hard seasons, recent times have been particularly dystopian for Pakistan`s mediascape with threats, enforced disappearances, manipulative press advisories, undeclared red lines and mass harassment.
- Against the backdrop of such manipulative moves and gerrymandering what can be expected in the upcoming election albeit to a toothless assembly?
- At the same time, it is important for the Supreme Court to take notice of the manipulative dealings of DHA City and other housing societies and hold them to account wherever it finds them to have deceived the Pakistani people.
Synonyms
scheming, calculating, cunning, crafty, wily, shrewd, devious, designing
Curator example
“she was sly, selfish, and manipulative”
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