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
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He was later identified as a self-publicist rather than a protestor, and the boos that greeted his arrival among the players underlined that most fans had not wished for distractions on a night of high footballing stakes.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Speaking to Newsweek, the cats’ owner, who wished to remain anonymous, explained the change in Hex’s demeanor.—
Personal Finance,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Others who had lost so many of their children to struggles with depression, anxiety, self-harm all inflicted by online harms.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Multiple bones had fractures that were inflicted shortly after death, each matching to blunt force impact marks.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Trump had previously imposed 145% tariffs on China, then put them on hold to allow negotiations to play out.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Trump made his latest tariff threat on Friday after China imposed new restrictions on rare earth exports.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Throughout the case, Carnival’ attorneys maintained the cruise line wasn’t at fault and passed off blame to Rondon.—
Vinod Sreeharsha
September 22,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Lots of men would have passed off that rod because the fish fought so hard.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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United must also soon refinance the long-term debt foisted on them by the Glazers’ leveraged buyout 20 years ago, with interest rates set to rise, potentially adding several million pounds to the club’s bill each year.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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That aspect of the dispute will be closely watched across the industry, which has embraced streaming but in so doing foisted an unwieldy user experience on viewers of sports.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Fobbed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fobbed%20off. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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