bogus
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˈboʊɡəs/
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falso
- The detective discovered that the suspect had been using a bogus identity to commit fraud.
- bogus claims
- bogus study
- bogus feedback
And he's making yet more bogus claims and Sabre rattling threats.
- And he's making yet more bogus claims and Sabre rattling threats.
- We went through some of this and there as we can tell this is all bogus anyway.
- Five of the top climate change activists are have faced bogus tax evasion charges.
- They can't be trying him or raiding Mar a Lago on a bogus documents case.
- And it's, it's bogus, deep state, ridiculous.
- He made made-up bogus charges of corruption against McDonnell.
- It was all made-up and all all these demands were bogus.
- If you call the SBA and it helps to understand what they're saying because this is bogus.
- On that day they never let they never let the newspapers in because they knew it was a bogus case.
Examples
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Many consumers were misled by bogus advertisements for products that didn't work as promised.
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He realized the documents he received were bogus and not valid for the application.
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But before we do that, we're going to fix this bogus return value down here.
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We went through some of this and there as we can tell this is all bogus anyway.
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Go have fun at your bogus interview.
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Vice thought his information was bogus anyway.
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Look, this is a bogus case brought by some boys looking for an easy buck.
Fiction book (2000) -
After the task was completed, subjects were given bogus information about their level of performance.
Academic text (1993) -
There is a reason for the proliferation of bogus advice on language.
Academic text (2008) -
Basically, they want money from them for knowingly adding bogus charges to the bills of their customers.
Synonyms
833
1.8
Not real and made to look like something real
263
2.8
Not real and made to trick people
220
5.3
Trying to seem real to deceive people
90
6.5
Trying to trick people to get their money
80
6.7
Made to look like the real thing to trick people
14
7.9
Not real or true, often made to seem true
6
6.6
Not real and not what it looks like
1
7.4
Not real or true
Made to look real to trick people
Presented as real but actually fake
An object that is not real or original and is often a fake
Antonyms
How Fake
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bogus started in 1800s America to mean a 'fake' coin or a trick, but its exact origin is unclear. One popular idea is that it came from a name for people who made fake money, so a helpful way to remember bogus is to think 'not real' or 'fake'.