bogus
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
bogus
- Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- Synonyms: phony, Thesaurus:fake
- Undesirable or harmful.
- (computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.
- (philately) Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
- Synonyms: illegal
- Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
- bogus laws
- French: bidon
- German: falsch, gefälscht
- Italian: falsificato, truccato
- Portuguese: falso, falsificado, adulterado
- Russian: подде́льный
- Spanish: falso, falsificado, adulterado, trapicheado
- French: nul
- French: hors d'usage, fichu, colloquial: foutu, slang: niqué, gâté, foireux
- German: falsch, unbrauchbar
- Italian: brutto, fritto
- Russian: корявый
- Spanish: averiado, pajolero, jodido
bogus (uncountable)
Related terms- calibogus
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