false sense of security

noun phrase

: a feeling of being safer than one really is

The gun gave him a false sense of security.

Examples of false sense of security in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fast capital can create a false sense of security, tempting companies to take on massive contracts before their core production processes or management structures have matured enough to handle that scale. — Chris Hale, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Leeyouk is worried that the videos claiming tattoos offer some sort of protection will mislead people into a false sense of security. — Kara McGrath, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026

Crack open the windows (but not too far), let the sound of cicadas lull you into a false sense of security, and try not to pay attention to whatever’s rustling in the darkness beyond the trees. — Alaina Urquhart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

By stop-starting Gvardiol — a trick that lulls defenders into a false sense of security — and then faking to go one way and then the other, Messi found space where there seemed to be none and set up Julian Alvarez for Argentina’s third goal. — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Rhymes for false sense of security

• biosecurity
• cybersecurity
• immaturity
• insecurity
• prematurity
• impurity
• maturity
• obscurity
• purity
• surety