bogus

noun

(US, dialect) A liquor made of rum and molasses.

A surname.

(US, dialect, archaic) Counterfeit money.

adjective

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.

(slang) 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 for bogus

phonyadj fakeadj spuriousadj falseadj fraudulentadj counterfeitadj falsifiedv shamn fictitiousadj pseudoadj forgedadj

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