as in wished
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable
people who try to fob off to charities broken-down furniture that is fit only for the junkyard
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Recent Examples of fobbed off
Your potential clients are terrified of being sold the dream then fobbed off to a junior team member.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fobbed off
Verb
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According to Kari, 30 eligible Islamic schools wished to participate in the program, but did not receive a method to apply from the state.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Never mind what voters might have wished, or other prospective candidates might have had in mind.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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Through the conflict, both sides have claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on the other but independent verification has not been possible.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Both sides have claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on the other but independent verification has not been possible.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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The difference between a real deadline, imposed for legitimate reasons from without, and a fake one, conjured from within, is like the difference between eating brunch and seeing it on Instagram.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Malawi and Zimbabwe have recently imposed similar restrictions too, Reuters reported.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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To diVittorio, the minimum lot sizes are too big — and therefore expensive; setbacks from streets are too broad, eating up buildable land; and sidewalk requirements are too costly, getting passed off to consumers.—
Mark Dee
March 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
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Earlier in the week, an Indian university was reportedly asked to leave the summit after a staff member passed off a robotic dog developed by Chinese company Unitree as one the university had developed.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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This often takes away from the point the film is trying to make, about the suspicions foisted upon innocent West Asians (Amir and Jahan’s background is left intentionally ambiguous).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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There is also good reason to question the urgency with which this decision is being foisted on the city.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Fobbed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobbed%20off. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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