Vocabulary
Sham
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a thing that is not what it is purported to be.
Urdu meaning
مصنوعی، ڈرامہ کرنا،تکیہ پوش
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- But in cases where the violence is more systemic disappearances, sham trials, censorship, intimidation, political coercion there are breaking points, which usually manifest as mass uprisings.
- But Pakistan is the humbling ground of many a haughty regime that exuded sham invincibility.
- And that explains why much of the mainstream leadership remains eternally invested in the same brand of status quo politics built around a neoliberal agenda, elitist organisation and sham democracy.
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which shares operational and ideological ties with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, has dismantled Tehran`s ally, the Assad regime, in Syria.
- The SDF was not invited by the Türkiyebacked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, to participate in a dialogue to form a new transnational government due to pressure from Ankara.
Synonyms
pretence, act, fake, fiction, imposture, simulation, fraud, counterfeit, feint, lie
Curator example
“our current free health service is a sham”
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