Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
counterfeit or fake; not genuine:
incorrect; useless; broken:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
counterfeit or fake; not genuine:
incorrect; useless; broken:

Examples

3 sentences

  1. This is completely bogus.

    deDas ist kompletter Humbug. — Yorwba

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  2. The bonus material was actually bogus.

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  3. Sami opened a bank account with a bogus Egyptian ID.

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

    He was arrested for trying to cash a bogus check at the bank.

    falsch, gefälscht, unecht

    подде́льныйpoddélʹnyj, фикти́вныйfiktívnyj, фальши́выйfalʹšívyj

  2. Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.

    bogus laws

  3. 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).

More meanings 2

  1. (slang)Undesirable or harmful.

  2. (slang)Incorrect, useless, or broken.

    falsch, unbrauchbar

    корявыйkorjavyj

More definitions
  • fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Origin

First attested as an underworld term for an apparatus for creating counterfeit coins, then

First attested as an underworld term for an apparatus for creating counterfeit coins, then the coins themselves. Later, the word was applied to anything of poor quality. The newest use to mean useless is probably from the slang of computer hackers.

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Forms

more bogus, most bogus
Comparativemore bogus Lesson
Superlativemost bogus Lesson

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms
Counterfeit or fake:artificialA2badA1falseA1fakeB1mockB2spuriousC2syntheticC1phonyconcoctedcounterfeitersatzfabricatedfalsifiedfaux
Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors,…:illegalA2
Close in meaning
  • fraudulent; having a misleading appearance:fakephonyphoney

Word family

6 related words
Derivedbogonbogositybogoticbogotifyboguslybogusness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bogeybogeymanbogglebohemianboilA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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