bogus
bo
ˈboʊ
bow
gus
gəs
gēs
/bˈə‍ʊɡəs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bogus"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϜāĻžāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāύ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϟ

not authentic or true, despite attempting to make it seem so
bogus definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The email claiming she had won a prize was revealed to be bogus, a scam to obtain personal information.
āχāĻŽā§‡āχāϞāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āϜāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĨ¤
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āϜāĻžāϞ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž

false, fake, or not genuine
Disapproving
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She showed me a bogus ID when trying to buy alcohol.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻĻ āĻ•āĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϞ āφāχāĻĄāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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