fudgings
Dishonest minor adjustments
Fudgings is the plural of fudging, instances of slightly altering or misrepresenting something: The auditor found several fudgings in the expense reports.
Fudging suggests minor dishonesty or imprecision rather than outright lying—massaging numbers, hedging answers, or avoiding direct commitments.
Deliberate alterations of truth
- manipulationsCalculated acts of control
- doctoringAltering deceptively
- cooking the booksManipulating financial statements illegally
- misrepresentationsUntrue depictions of reality
distortions · tampering · alterations · cover-ups · fabrications · white lies · evasions · obfuscations
Near but inexact values
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- adjustmentsChanges to improve fit
- estimationsApproximate numerical judgments
- guesstimatesInformed but imprecise calculations
ballparking · winging · ad-libbing · shortcuts · quick fixes · jury-rigging · eyeballing · guesstimating
Caramelized sugar confection
- sweetmeatsCandied or sugared delicacies
- batch cookingCooking in bulk quantities
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- coolingLosing thermal energy
cutting · slicing · portioning · gift boxes · confections · pralines · caramels · divinity
falsifications
Deliberate alterations of truth
- manipulationsCalculated acts of control
- doctoringAltering deceptively
- cooking the booksManipulating financial statements illegally
misrepresentations · distortions · tampering · alterations · cover-ups · fabrications · white lies · evasions · obfuscations · dishonesty
approximations
Near but inexact values
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- adjustmentsChanges to improve fit
- estimationsApproximate numerical judgments
guesstimates · ballparking · winging · ad-libbing · shortcuts · quick fixes · jury-rigging · eyeballing · guesstimating · rounding
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Caramelized sugar confection
- sweetmeatsCandied or sugared delicacies
- batch cookingCooking in bulk quantities
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
cooling · cutting · slicing · portioning · gift boxes · confections · pralines · caramels · divinity · nougat
fudgingsexactitudes
States of perfect accuracy
preciseness · accuracies · exactness · pinpoint accuracy · mathematical precision
fudgingscandor
Unguarded truthfulness
forthrightness · directness · transparency · full disclosures · straight talk
fudgingsexactitudes
States of perfect accuracy
accuracies · candor · forthrightness · full disclosures · verifications
- fudging the issueDeliberately being vague
- fudging numbersDishonestly altering figures