fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
bogus
How to use bogus in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for bogus.
Editorial note
Because most, if not all, software patents are bogus.
Quick take
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of bogus gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for bogus.
adjective
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Example sentences
Because most, if not all, software patents are bogus.
It seems bogus points are being assigned to submissions and they are then being killed.
Chances are good you'll get a bogus value that measures activity instead, such as "lines of code.
Having the debate framed as 'Sal Khan is the future of education' and 'No, he isn't, teachers are' is bogus.
The parts he did himself, he had to wait months for a county inspector to come out and in some cases was repeatedly failed for bogus reasons.
If every small company stood up and said "no, we will not settle" then there would be far less incentive to pursue bogus infringement claims.
Back in the 1990's, Mark Newman and I were both working at Cornell and both of us were aware that the techniques physicists were using to evaluate power law distributions were bogus.
How can we look down on governments that have kept their country in a bogus "state of emergency" for decades to restrict rights, when the US is kept in a state of emergency to restrict rights via the "Patriot" Act for over a decade?
Meaning I type in a bogus email, and a password, after the post the login form would come back with the email pre-populated of the user that the hash collision had happened on, I type in the password again, and I was logged in as said user.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use bogus in a sentence?
Because most, if not all, software patents are bogus.
What does bogus mean?
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
What part of speech is bogus?
bogus is commonly used as adjective.