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bogus
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bogus
(adjective)
bogus
/
ˈ
boʊgəs/
adjective
bogus
/
ˈ
boʊgəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of BOGUS
informal
:
not real or genuine
:
fake or false
It was just a
bogus
claim.
They conducted
bogus
experiments.
The evidence was completely
bogus
.
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