Adjective

(en adjective)

Man-made; of artifice.

* {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838

, page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}

False, misleading.

Unnatural.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

bogus crimes

* {{quote-book, year=1921, title=The Age of Big Business, author=

, passage=The organization of “bogus companies,” started purely for the purpose of eliminating competitors, seems to have been a not infrequent practice.}}

Undesirable or harmful.

* “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, 1982

So what Jefferson was saying was "Hey! You know, we left this England place because it was bogus . So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, we'll just be bogus too."

Incorrect, useless, or broken.

(philately) 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).

Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.

bogus laws