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What is it called when you are asked a question that has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is sometimes meant to make you look bad?

I think it is a legal term used in a court setting.

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  Your question feels too vague to answer, but do you by any chance mean the strawman argument or ad hominem?
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  Can you please construct a sentence, in the question, where you would use this word or phrase? This will help users give you a narrow range of answers best suited to your needs than having 20 different answers.
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  Depending on the sort of question you're thinking of, it could also be a rhetorical question.
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  Possible duplicate of Does anyone know the word for a question asked with the intent to injure or insult?
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What is it called when you are asked a question that has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is sometimes meant to make you look bad?

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  Your question feels too vague to answer, but do you by any chance mean the strawman argument or ad hominem?
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  Can you please construct a sentence, in the question, where you would use this word or phrase? This will help users give you a narrow range of answers best suited to your needs than having 20 different answers.
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  Depending on the sort of question you're thinking of, it could also be a rhetorical question.
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  Possible duplicate of Does anyone know the word for a question asked with the intent to injure or insult?
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What is it called when you are asked a question that has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is sometimes meant to make you look bad?

I think it is a legal term used in a court setting.

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What is it called when you are asked a question that has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is sometimes meant to make you look bad?

I think it is a legal term used in a court setting.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Your question feels too vague to answer, but do you by any chance mean the strawman argument or ad hominem?
  – undercat
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Can you please construct a sentence, in the question, where you would use this word or phrase? This will help users give you a narrow range of answers best suited to your needs than having 20 different answers.
  – Mari-Lou A
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Depending on the sort of question you're thinking of, it could also be a rhetorical question.
  – ralph.m
  2 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Possible duplicate of Does anyone know the word for a question asked with the intent to injure or insult?
  – pbasdf
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I don't think this is a duplicate. This question is only vaguely related to other one.
  – Tommy Tran
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Your question feels too vague to answer, but do you by any chance mean the strawman argument or ad hominem?
  – undercat
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Can you please construct a sentence, in the question, where you would use this word or phrase? This will help users give you a narrow range of answers best suited to your needs than having 20 different answers.
  – Mari-Lou A
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Depending on the sort of question you're thinking of, it could also be a rhetorical question.
  – ralph.m
  2 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Possible duplicate of Does anyone know the word for a question asked with the intent to injure or insult?
  – pbasdf
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I don't think this is a duplicate. This question is only vaguely related to other one.
  – Tommy Tran
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

Your question feels too vague to answer, but do you by any chance mean the strawman argument or ad hominem?
– undercat
4 hours ago

Your question feels too vague to answer, but do you by any chance mean the strawman argument or ad hominem?
– undercat
4 hours ago

Can you please construct a sentence, in the question, where you would use this word or phrase? This will help users give you a narrow range of answers best suited to your needs than having 20 different answers.
– Mari-Lou A
4 hours ago

Can you please construct a sentence, in the question, where you would use this word or phrase? This will help users give you a narrow range of answers best suited to your needs than having 20 different answers.
– Mari-Lou A
4 hours ago

Depending on the sort of question you're thinking of, it could also be a rhetorical question.
– ralph.m
2 hours ago

Depending on the sort of question you're thinking of, it could also be a rhetorical question.
– ralph.m
2 hours ago

Possible duplicate of Does anyone know the word for a question asked with the intent to injure or insult?
– pbasdf
1 hour ago

Possible duplicate of Does anyone know the word for a question asked with the intent to injure or insult?
– pbasdf
1 hour ago

I don't think this is a duplicate. This question is only vaguely related to other one.
– Tommy Tran
1 hour ago

I don't think this is a duplicate. This question is only vaguely related to other one.
– Tommy Tran
1 hour ago

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I think you're looking for a loaded question.

For example,

Have you stopped beating your wife?

is a loaded question and is designed to make the answerer look bad. Whether they say "Yes, I've stopped beating my wife" or "No, I haven't stopped beating my wife," the answerer is assumed to have, at one point, beaten their wife on a regular basis.

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In a legal setting you might mean:
Leading the witness or a leading question.

It has a legal definition (from US Legal):

Leading the witness is the method of questioning a witness by which s/he is directed to answer them in the way expected by the attorney. The query suggests to the witness how it is to be answered or puts words into the mouth of the witness. In such questioning the answers will be apparent in the questions itself. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness unless necessary to develop the person's testimony. Leading questions are proper in cross-examination or allowed if a witness is declared by the judge to be a hostile or adverse witness.

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Perhaps you're thinking of

argumentum ad hominem (sometimes shortened to "ad hom"): directing a personal insult to someone, instead of addressing their argument

ignoratio elenchi: a remark that fails to address the subject at hand, and misses the point

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I think you're looking for a loaded question.

For example,

Have you stopped beating your wife?

is a loaded question and is designed to make the answerer look bad. Whether they say "Yes, I've stopped beating my wife" or "No, I haven't stopped beating my wife," the answerer is assumed to have, at one point, beaten their wife on a regular basis.

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I think you're looking for a loaded question.

For example,

Have you stopped beating your wife?

is a loaded question and is designed to make the answerer look bad. Whether they say "Yes, I've stopped beating my wife" or "No, I haven't stopped beating my wife," the answerer is assumed to have, at one point, beaten their wife on a regular basis.

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I think you're looking for a loaded question.

For example,

Have you stopped beating your wife?

is a loaded question and is designed to make the answerer look bad. Whether they say "Yes, I've stopped beating my wife" or "No, I haven't stopped beating my wife," the answerer is assumed to have, at one point, beaten their wife on a regular basis.

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I think you're looking for a loaded question.

For example,

Have you stopped beating your wife?

is a loaded question and is designed to make the answerer look bad. Whether they say "Yes, I've stopped beating my wife" or "No, I haven't stopped beating my wife," the answerer is assumed to have, at one point, beaten their wife on a regular basis.

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In a legal setting you might mean:
Leading the witness or a leading question.

It has a legal definition (from US Legal):

Leading the witness is the method of questioning a witness by which s/he is directed to answer them in the way expected by the attorney. The query suggests to the witness how it is to be answered or puts words into the mouth of the witness. In such questioning the answers will be apparent in the questions itself. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness unless necessary to develop the person's testimony. Leading questions are proper in cross-examination or allowed if a witness is declared by the judge to be a hostile or adverse witness.

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In a legal setting you might mean:
Leading the witness or a leading question.

It has a legal definition (from US Legal):

Leading the witness is the method of questioning a witness by which s/he is directed to answer them in the way expected by the attorney. The query suggests to the witness how it is to be answered or puts words into the mouth of the witness. In such questioning the answers will be apparent in the questions itself. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness unless necessary to develop the person's testimony. Leading questions are proper in cross-examination or allowed if a witness is declared by the judge to be a hostile or adverse witness.

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In a legal setting you might mean:
Leading the witness or a leading question.

It has a legal definition (from US Legal):

Leading the witness is the method of questioning a witness by which s/he is directed to answer them in the way expected by the attorney. The query suggests to the witness how it is to be answered or puts words into the mouth of the witness. In such questioning the answers will be apparent in the questions itself. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness unless necessary to develop the person's testimony. Leading questions are proper in cross-examination or allowed if a witness is declared by the judge to be a hostile or adverse witness.

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In a legal setting you might mean:
Leading the witness or a leading question.

It has a legal definition (from US Legal):

Leading the witness is the method of questioning a witness by which s/he is directed to answer them in the way expected by the attorney. The query suggests to the witness how it is to be answered or puts words into the mouth of the witness. In such questioning the answers will be apparent in the questions itself. Leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness unless necessary to develop the person's testimony. Leading questions are proper in cross-examination or allowed if a witness is declared by the judge to be a hostile or adverse witness.

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Perhaps you're thinking of

argumentum ad hominem (sometimes shortened to "ad hom"): directing a personal insult to someone, instead of addressing their argument

ignoratio elenchi: a remark that fails to address the subject at hand, and misses the point

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Perhaps you're thinking of

argumentum ad hominem (sometimes shortened to "ad hom"): directing a personal insult to someone, instead of addressing their argument

ignoratio elenchi: a remark that fails to address the subject at hand, and misses the point

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Perhaps you're thinking of

argumentum ad hominem (sometimes shortened to "ad hom"): directing a personal insult to someone, instead of addressing their argument

ignoratio elenchi: a remark that fails to address the subject at hand, and misses the point

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Perhaps you're thinking of

argumentum ad hominem (sometimes shortened to "ad hom"): directing a personal insult to someone, instead of addressing their argument

ignoratio elenchi: a remark that fails to address the subject at hand, and misses the point

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answered 4 hours ago

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