so-called

[ˌsoʊ ˈkɔːld]

Definition:
1. Doubtful or suspect.

Use 'so-called' in a sentence:

1. Reading the ideas of the so-called experts, I am not surprised the country is in such a state.
2. Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry.
3. What causes this so-called "return trip effect"?
4. A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comparison to total waste, the concentrationof gold and other precious metals was higher in So-called e-waste than in naturally occurring minerals.
5. All his so-called friends deserted him.
6. This so-called committee is nothing more than a figure-head.
7. Our friendship started with so-called competitions.
8. This is why researchers generally regard so-called moral guilt, in the right amount, to be a good thing.
9. Hemoglobin can also be cross-linked to solublepolymers to form so-called conjugated hemoglobin.
10. Many people have been fascinated about Venus for centuries because of its thick cloud cover—a so-called planet of mystery and all of that.
11. Let's see what this so-called button does.
12. What you'll notice very delicately is that there's not all that much to this so-called floppy disk.
13. I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called "research".
14. rising crime in our so-called civilized societies.
15. Despite the vogue for so-called health teas, there is no evidence that they are any healthier.
16. Another more interesting maxims is one of the so-called maxims of quantity, quantities of information, that is.
17. Lyonnais cooking is epitomized by the so-called 'bouchons'.
18. Even small Chinese towns look better than our so-called cities.
19. It's so-called good people as we are called.
20. It appears that the so-called socialist revolution must also have its hamburgers.
21. Advances in medical science have made it possible to cure many so-called incurable diseases.
22. Each gives lectures, runs conferences, and does a lot of professional development on so-called "gender-specific learning".
23. The so-called specific was a fraud.
24. The last twenty years have seen the arrival of the so-called "new man"—the man who is willing to share the housework and child-care.
25. The so-called "ghostwriting" can take various forms: books, articles, autobiographies, and even social media posts.
26. In the 1980s this concept was used to buttress several so-called sectoral reciprocity proposals. 80.
27. After dinner, it's time to hit the books again—at one of Seoul's many so-called cram schools.
28. So-called superagers have cognitive1 abilities like those of much younger people.
29. Let's continue our discussion now by talking about orbits, especially those of the so-called periodic-orbit comets.
30. More and more companies have gone 'green' and started producing so-called environmentally-friendly products.
31. The so-called critics are generically mentioned, but not individually mentioned.
32. It seems that the so-called new theory is likely to sink into oblivion.
33. He's a so-called jack of all trades and master of none.
34. By 2005 he wants half of all new houses to be built on previously developed land: so-called brownfield sites.
35. In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body's system for reacting to things that can harm us—the so-called fight-or-flight response.
36. The so-called "lead" in a pencil is not lead at all, but chiefly a different form of carbon called graphite.
37. Using the so-called Maxim of Relevance we can infer things as well, or rather the speaker can imply things and the listener can make inferences.
38. Unlike all of those other so-called heroes who battle the bad guys come hell or high water, Paramecium is a deserter not a fighter.
39. The so-called Najdi goats have a distinctive high nose bridge and shaggy hair with a fine and silky quality.
40. Chinampas are the so-called floating gardens.
41. The first was the so-called "hidden people"—or, to put it more plainly, elves.
42. When that happens, many trees like walnuts, oaks and pines, rely exclusively on so-called "scatter hoarders," such as birds, to move their seeds to new localities.
43. A new batch of young women members of the so-called Millennial generation has been entering the workforce for the past decade.
44. A new batch of young women — members of the so-called Millennial generation — has been entering the workforce for the past decade.
45. These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle.
46. So-called serpentine soils, for example, are deficient in calcium, and only plants able to tolerate low levels of this mineral can survive.
47. The final tier is the so-called Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP).
48. How have these so-called improvements helped the local community?
49. The so-called bargain was just a big con.
50. The so-called bargain was just a big con!
51. I could easily escape discomfort, temporarily, by answering email or browsing the web under the pretense of so-called “ research. ”
52. In the United States, the so-called "digital divide" seems to be disappearing.
53. The lesson taught by plants is that sharing life expands and enhances the sphere of the living, while dividing life into so-called natural or human resources diminishes it.
54. It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
55. "The so-called mindful-eating strategies can fight distractions and help us control our appetite," Brunstrom says.
56. Such a speech should never have been made, least of all by a so-called responsible politician.