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Definition of
sham adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sham
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ʃæm
/
/
[
only before noun
]
(
usually disapproving
)
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not genuine but intended to seem real
synonym
false
a sham marriage
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