false position

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noun

a situation in which a person is forced to act or seems to be acting against his principles or interests

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Words nearby false position

false-memory syndrome, false miterwort, false move, false-negative, false pond, false position, false-positive, false pregnancy, false premise, false pretences, false pretenses

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How to use false position in a sentence

But though all the curates were in an utterly false position they were not all equally depraved.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne
In short, a strange confusion reigns in your household; both you and your wife are in a false position.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete|Honore de Balzac
"No; you didn't," said the boy, angered at this barefaced attempt to place him in a false position.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes|William Perry Brown
A cabinet, the author and victim of that false position, sank under the effort.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various

I am very sorry indeed that I allowed myself to be over-persuaded and placed in an undoubtedly false position.
Mysterious Mr. Sabin|E. Phillips Oppenheim