Explore Bogus through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like fake or phony. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bogus meaning
- Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- Undesirable or harmful.
- Incorrect, useless, or broken.
Using Bogus
- The main meaning on this page is: Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. | Undesirable or harmful. | Incorrect, useless, or broken.
- Useful related words include: fake, phony, phoney, bastard.
- In the example corpus, bogus often appears in combinations such as: the bogus, of bogus, was bogus.
Context around Bogus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bogus
- In this selection, "bogus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, calls, fellow, submit, play, musher and checkpoint stand out and add context to how "bogus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fellow bogus musher was and already found bogus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bogus" sits close to words such as artisans, awakening and blasts, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bogus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And where did those bogus cases come from? (8 words)
Couple guilty of bogus alpaca farm VAT claim. (8 words)
Both bought fake degrees from the same bogus university. (9 words)
After two trials, decades of appeals, and an unsuccessful parole hearing in 2018, it ultimately took an admission from the same office that convicted him that the case was bogus for him to finally be released. (36 words)
Former immigration minister Jason Kenney frequently cited the Roma as an example of bogus refugee claimants clogging the system and targeted eastern European nations with billboard and brochure campaigns to dissuade Roma from emigrating to Canada. (36 words)
After the four troopers were disciplined, steps were taken to make sure troopers would not be motivated to submit bogus tickets in order to get a newer police cruiser, a favorable assignment or benefits. (34 words)
And where did those bogus cases come from? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
During his post-win interview at the finish line Andrews said that the last time he saw a fellow Bogus musher was when he left the Bogus checkpoint.
Bogus play When a player plays out of turn or draws another domino or knocks when they could have played and someone calls bogus play the other person is awarded 50 points.
After the four troopers were disciplined, steps were taken to make sure troopers would not be motivated to submit bogus tickets in order to get a newer police cruiser, a favorable assignment or benefits.
After two trials, decades of appeals, and an unsuccessful parole hearing in 2018, it ultimately took an admission from the same office that convicted him that the case was bogus for him to finally be released.
And where did those bogus cases come from?
Another voting machine company, Smartmatic USA, also sued Fox News over Fox News’ bogus election claims.
A preacher found guilty of fraud for selling a bogus cure for Covid-19 has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction.
Bogus war on the motorist is sign of Tory desperationtheguardian.
Both bought fake degrees from the same bogus university.
But for Democrats, they would at least have the assurance that the House would not spend all of its time ginning up bogus investigations into President Biden.
Couple guilty of bogus alpaca farm VAT claim.
Even the director of the film thought the choice was bogus.
Former immigration minister Jason Kenney frequently cited the Roma as an example of bogus refugee claimants clogging the system and targeted eastern European nations with billboard and brochure campaigns to dissuade Roma from emigrating to Canada.
He ordered the tax man to immediately close The Past Newspapers for a bogus case of tax evasion.
He swindled nearly $1.7 million by submitting bogus aid applications on behalf of businesses that existed only on paper, according to court records.
He was jailed on various charges, including espionage accusations that he calls bogus, as well as allegations of insulting Iran’s supreme leader.
If the site is not secure, that's often a sign it's a bogus website.
Initially, posing to be ill, he got admitted in a hospital but later submitted a bogus medical certificate, claiming his wife Karishma has to take a test for a surgery.
Inspector Susan Rae said, “These zones are one of a range of methods we use to tackle bogus callers.
Ivanka attempted to put space between herself and the dubious appraisal procedures that the judge presiding over the trial had already found bogus.
Common combinations with bogus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bogus 21×
- of bogus 16×
- was bogus 11×
- bogus and 6×
- for bogus 5×
- bogus medical 5×
- with bogus 5×
- as bogus 5×
- completely bogus 5×
- selling bogus 4×