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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Government legitimacy depends on credible elections, not sham outcomes.
Dawn Editorials —
Hoping against hope
— 2025-12-31
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This scenario provides fertile grounds for sham job advertisements and recruiters to prey on the desperate through sophisticated methods, making red flags difficult to detect.
Dawn Editorials —
Con jobs
— 2025-12-07
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As the conflict evolved, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led alliance captured key areas around Damascus and gradually emerged as a significant actor in both regional and global politics.
Dawn Editorials —
Terrorism`s strategic space
— 2025-11-16
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The sham went on with no opposition in the House.It has not been just the complete demolition of whatever independence of judiciary was left af ter the 26th Amendment but also the surrender of even the semblance of civilian rule.
Dawn Editorials —
Killing the Constitution
— 2025-11-12
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That in itself explains how flattering that report must be.An independent judiciary constitutes an existential threat to the sham political order created out of those elections.
Dawn Editorials —
The 27th amendment
— 2025-11-09
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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