loaded question
A question heavy with meaning or emotional impact, as in When he inquired after Helen's ex-husband, that was a loaded question. This term employs loaded in the sense of “charged with hidden implication.” [Mid-1900s]
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How to use loaded question in a sentence
This is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a loaded question for me, because there is no right answer to this in the political world.
He seemed to walk into court invigorated and ready to fully answer whatever loaded question Lowell might lob at him.
Andrew Young Lashes Out at Edwards's Defense Attorney During Cross Examination | Diane Dimond | April 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is the most viciously loaded question I ever heard—it can't be answered except in the wrong way!
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