bogus
21bogus — [[t]bo͟ʊgəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine. ...their bogus insurance claim... He said these figures were bogus and totally inaccurate. Syn: phoney Ant: bona fide …
22bogus — bo|gus [ bougəs ] adjective not real, although pretending to be real: Customers who make bogus insurance claims will be dealt with severely. a bogus offer/excuse …
23bogus — I adj Bad, unfair. That exam was totally bogus. 1970s II adj False, fake. They caught him passing bogus money. 1830s …
24bogus — adj American unpleasant, unacceptable. The stand ard meaning of bogus (the word is said to have been the name of a counterfeit ing machine) was adapted in adolescent usage to become an all purpose vogue term of disapproval. ► Bill and Ted s Bogus …
25bogus — adjective a bogus insurance claim a bogus lottery ticket Syn: fake, spurious, false, fraudulent, sham, deceptive; counterfeit, forged, feigned; make believe, dummy, pseudo, phony, pretend, fictitious Ant …
26bogus — UK [ˈbəʊɡəs] / US [ˈboʊɡəs] adjective not real, although pretending to be real Customers who make bogus insurance claims will be dealt with severely. a bogus offer/excuse …
27bogus — /ˈboʊgəs / (say bohguhs) adjective 1. counterfeit; spurious; sham. 2. Colloquial excellent: it was a bogus adventure. {18th century US criminal slang bogus counterfeit coinage. Compare Hausa boko deceit, West African English (Sierra Leone) bogo… …
28bogus — adjective Etymology: obsolete argot bogus counterfeit money Date: 1825 not genuine ; counterfeit, sham • bogusly adverb • bogusness noun …
29bogus — adjective not true or real, although someone is trying to make you think it is: bogus insurance claims …
30bogus — [ˈbəʊgəs] adj not real, but pretending to be real bogus insurance claims[/ex] …
