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

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

In a credit deterioration environment, private credit losses can appear with a lag compared to public credit, creating a false sense of security during the early stages of a credit cycle downturn. — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Shin notes that a carrier may give infants and toddlers a false sense of security in the water. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 20 June 2026

Just be careful not to let a high SPF give you a false sense of security. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

Rhymes for false sense of security

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