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fabricated

American  
[fab-ri-key-tid] / ˈfæb rɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

  1. made by art or skill and labor.

    For the staircases, the ceramics manufacturer supplied a specially fabricated porcelain tile resembling natural stone.

  2. made by assembling parts or sections.

    Plywood is a fabricated wood board made of three or more panels of wood veneer laid one on top of another.

  3. (of a lie, story, excuse, etc.) devised or invented.

    That is a wholly fabricated allegation without any foundation whatsoever.

  4. faked or forged.

    Scientists reported that the fabricated fossil had been made up of parts of a primitive bird and a dinosaur, glued together by a farmer.


verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of fabricate.

Other Word Forms

  • quasi-fabricated adjective
  • unfabricated adjective
  • well-fabricated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fabricated

First recorded in 1770–80; fabricate + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; fabricate + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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As the new AI generator spawned fabricated finales for “Game of Thrones” and fictional brawls between Thanos and Superman, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros.,

From Los Angeles Times

He also invented fake employees, with customers receiving emails and documents signed by a range of fabricated sales managers and quality managers, as part of creating an illusion of a legitimate business, the SFO said.

From BBC

The Times reported last fall on allegations of fabricated claims filed by plaintiffs within the settlement, which prompted L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

The mayor has said that The Times’ story based on the sources’ accounts was “completely fabricated.”

From Los Angeles Times

One of them in Nagasaki survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast and is still in working order, 117 years after it was fabricated and shipped from Scotland.

From BBC