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Main Entry:	bogus [boh-guhs] Show IPA/ˈboʊgəs/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	counterfeit
Synonyms:	artificial, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, not what it is cracked up to be, phony, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious
Antonyms:	authentic, genuine, real

Main Entry:	assumed
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	pretended
Synonyms:	affected, artificial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, feigned, fictitious, imitation, made-up, make-believe, phony, pretended, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious
Antonyms:	genuine, natural, real

Main Entry:	cheap
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	inferior, low in quality
Synonyms:	bad, base, bogus, catchpenny, cheesy, common, commonplace, crappy*, cruddy, dud, flashy, garbage, garish, glitzy, junky, lousy, mangy, mean, mediocre, meretricious, no bargain, no good, ordinary, paltry, poor, ratty, raunchy, rinky-dink, rotten, rubbishy, scroungy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time, tatty, tawdry, terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant, worthless
Notes:	cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp
Antonyms:	excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Hauser's laboratory went to administrators after becoming convinced that the professor was reporting bogus data.

She had promised to streamline procedures for accepting eligible immigrants and deporting bogus refugees.

While you can get a great deal on jade or silks, you've got to be careful that you don't get bogus merchandise.

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Hauser's laboratory went to administrators after becoming convinced that the professor was reporting bogus data.

She had promised to streamline procedures for accepting eligible immigrants and deporting bogus refugees.

While you can get a great deal on jade or silks, you've got to be careful that you don't get bogus merchandise.

There were wells plugged and abandoned that could quickly be re-established, so the many years argument is bogus.

British politicians had been caught filing what would total millions of pounds' worth of bogus personal expenses.

The common excuse is that there's no guarantee of confidentiality but that's bogus.

The main reason for this is that the troop withdrawal is largely bogus.

We've all heard scantily clad spokespeople make bogus claims about instant weight-loss supplements on late-night television.

Even worse, they cite research in a bogus scientific journal.

They are taken on bogus field trips, to places that don't exist.

He then imposed the bogus botanical theories of favoured scientists on farmers who knew better, but had no choice but to comply.

Cablamblah, your example is the one that is bogus here.

As a parade of busted government officials shows, websites offering bogus credentials are proliferating.

Professors hear a lot of bogus excuses, for turning work in late, etc.

Any type of bogus correlation or anecdotal evidence is proof enough for these people.

We are often surrounded by bogus claims about other people-especially in the context of political elections.

As a result, many users get revenge by submitting bogus information.

For some reason, economists seem to adopt bogus anecdotal histories and then get locked in.

What if the response is wrong or the information is bogus.

Former customers say the company's teenage owner has pillaged their credit cards for thousands in bogus charges.

The zoo-manager has since confessed that she gave bogus testimony because she was terrified.

Amazingly, the bogus injection relieved the soldier's agony and prevented the onset of shock.

These bombard a target with bogus requests for information: death by a billion clicks.

The former baseball star is accused of using bogus information to lease a car from a dealership.

While many confined here were charged with bogus crimes, others were charged with no crime at all.

Stewart pointed out, bogus degrees are used to obtain promotions and salary increases from employers.

Most are the genuine article, now that many bogus colleges have been closed.

The other option is to find a way to produce bogus horns to dump on the market.

Not surprisingly, companies that sell bogus gas-saving devices try to take advantage of that situation.

So claims for academic freedom are bogus in this situation.

Cracks came as information spread, especially about the system's bogus history and economic failings.

That's what happens when you try to use bogus data to buttress up what is effectively a religion.

The key is knowing which sources are respectable and which are bogus.

Arnold said that he hasn't noticed the increase in bogus disputes that some merchants claim.

These numbers are totally bogus and read flydoc above.

One thing it will not do is reify an bogus concept, viz.

Paskalov established a bogus company and then opened accounts in the names of the bogus company.

My colleagues alleged that students had complained about me but looking at my student evaluations this was a totally bogus claim.

Wasteful public spending subsidises an army of bogus welfare claimants.

New evidence suggests those findings, which startled the public and the scientific community alike, might be bogus.

It's easy enough to generate bogus numbers for banks with lax stand-in thresholds.

The gullible, greedy people near these sites have even been suckered into buying stock in bogus companies, including a mayor.

Entertainment companies have offered bogus versions of copyright works and sent online warning messages to users.

Eliminate bogus research, as opposed to value added or genuine research that may better inform certain fields.

Crucial to the model's success were the unscrupulous businessmen who registered the bogus companies and handled the cash.

People whose bids are cancelled can appeal to eBay to get the bid reinstated if they feel the copyright claim is bogus.

His arguments and specious comparisons are bogus and not worth seriously.

And by focusing on such a bogus fact, it prevents us from being able to legitimately address any real issue at hand.

These are one sided and bogus tribunals by the lunatic fringe around the world which is a fine mockery of justice.

Privately, music industry officials already admit to frustrating file traders by putting up bogus files.

Just a bunch of patent trolls filing bogus patents to extort money.

The site's entries were edited to include parody-style riffs on topics and bogus source citations.

If only it was this easy to spot and disprove bogus claims in peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Britannica editors may have their hands full wading through bogus submissions.

COLLAPSE

Main Entry:	counterfeit
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	fake, simulated
Synonyms:	Hollywood, affected, assumed, bent, bogus, brummagem, copied, crock, deceptive, delusive, delusory, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, fictitious, fishy, forged, framed, fraudulent, imitation, misleading, mock, not genuine, not kosher, phony, pirate, plant*, pretended, pretentious, pseudo, put-on, queer, sham, snide, soft shell, spurious, suppositious, two-faced, won't fly, wrong
Antonyms:	genuine, real, true

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	counterfeit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fake, forgery
Synonyms:	actor, bogus, bum, copy, deceit, deception, dummy, facsimile, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, imitation, imposture, junque, phony, pseudo, put-on, reproduction, sell, sham, simulacrum
Antonyms:	real thing, reality

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	ersatz
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	artificial
Synonyms:	bogus, copied, counterfeit, fake, false, imitation, manufactured, phony, pretended, sham, simulated, spurious, substitute, synthetic
Antonyms:	genuine, real

Main Entry:	fake
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	false, imitation
Synonyms:	affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, concocted, counterfeit, fabricated, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, invented, make-believe, mock, phony, pretended, pseudo*, reproduction, sham, simulated, spurious
Antonyms:	genuine, original, real, true, truthful

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	false
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	wrong, made up
Synonyms:	apocryphal, beguiling, bogus, casuistic, concocted, contrary to fact, cooked-up, counterfactual, deceitful, deceiving, delusive, dishonest, distorted, erroneous, ersatz*, fake, fallacious, fanciful, faulty, fictitious, fishy, fraudulent, illusive, imaginary, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, lying, mendacious, misleading, misrepresentative, mistaken, off the mark, phony, sham, sophistical, specious, spurious, trumped up, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, untruthful
Antonyms:	accurate, actual, correct, factual, genuine, known, precise, real, right, substantiated, true, valid

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	false
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	fake, counterfeit
Synonyms:	adulterated, alloyed, artificial, assumed, bent, bogus, brummagem, bum, colored, contrived, copied, crock, deceptive, disguised, ersatz, fabricated, factitious, feigned, fishy, forged, framed, hollow, imitation, made-up, make-believe, manufactured, meretricious, mock, ostensible, phony, pretended, pseudo, seeming, shady, sham*, simulated, snide, so-called, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unreal, wrong
Antonyms:	actual, genuine, real, valid

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