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The definition of apocryphal is something that may or may not be true or genuine.

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An unbelievable story about a baby lifting a car is an example of an apocryphal story.

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See apocryphal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of doubtful authorship or authenticity
not genuine; spurious; counterfeit
of or like the Apocrypha

See apocryphal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of questionable authorship or authenticity.
Erroneous; fictitious: “Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . raced through Russia's trenches” (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Apocryphal Bible Of or having to do with the Apocrypha.

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a·pocˈry·phal·ly adverb

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