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feigned

The definition of feigned is pretended or simulated.

(adjective)

If you pretended to be fascinated with your sister's 100 slides from her vacation but really you didn't care at all, this is an example of a time when you had feigned interest.

See feigned in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Now Rare fictitious; imagined
pretended; simulated; sham

See feigned in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not real; pretended: a feigned modesty.
Made-up; fictitious.

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