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Phony

/fˈoʊni/
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(adj) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.
My mother says that the child's illnesses are phony.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The detective quickly realized that the witness's alibi was completely ____ and full of contradictions.

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