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made up

adjective (INVENTED)
 
 
/ˌmeɪdˈʌp/

Definition

describes a story or report that has been invented and is untrue: [before noun] made-up storiesTrue, real, false, and unreal
(Definition of made up adjective (INVENTED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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