sham
adjective/ʃæm/
/ʃæm/
[only before noun] (usually disapproving)- not what somebody claims it is but intended to seem real synonym false
- a sham marriage
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps a northern English dialect variant of the noun shame.Definitions on the go
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