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# bogus

«bogus» in Mova's school dictionary: **Fake or not real, pretending to be something it is not** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (bogus)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fake or not real, pretending to be something it is not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#m1)

2) (slang) Unfair or bad, as in «That's so bogus!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In online safety and money lessons, «bogus» warns about fake websites, bogus callers and scams: a bogus caller pretends to be from the bank or the gas company. In everyday slang (especially American) it means unfair or rubbish.

### examples

- That website is bogus; it is not the real shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x1)
- A bogus caller pretended to be from the water company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x2)
- The email had a bogus link, so we deleted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x3)
- He gave a bogus excuse for missing practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x4)
- The prize message was bogus, a trick to get your details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x5)
- «No dessert? That's so bogus!» (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x6)
- Police warned about bogus charity collectors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/#x7)

### note

Adjective only; no comparative forms used often. Said «BOH-gus». Safety rule: if something seems bogus, do not click, do not share details, tell a trusted adult. Similar words: fake, phony, sham.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bogus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bogus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.