Definition of "pretended" []

• Not genuine or sincere; feigned: a pretended interest in the proceedings. (adjective)
• Supposed; alleged: the pretended heir to the throne. (adjective)

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• "By the way, several readers have had a thought about "community organizer," which some Dems have pretended is code for "black.""
• "Melas in his despatch spoke of what he called our pretended army of reserve with inconceivable contempt, and alluded to the presence of Bonaparte in Italy as a mere fabrication."
• "No, they may laugh, they may smile at what they call his pretended sanctity, but in truth he is no hypocrite."