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scamware

UK/ˈskæm.weə(ɹ)/

scamware noun: software that fraudulently fails to do what it is claimed to do.

Noun

scamware (uncountable)

  1. Software that fraudulently fails to do what it is claimed to do.

Origin of scamware

From scam + -ware.

Questions about scamware

What does scamware mean?
Scamware means software that fraudulently fails to do what it is claimed to do.
What part of speech is scamware?
Scamware is a noun.
How do you pronounce scamware?
Scamware is pronounced /ˈskæm.weə(ɹ)/ (UK).

Words near scamware in the dictionary

  1. scampy
  2. scams
  3. scamster
  4. scamsters
  5. Scamsung
  6. scamware
  7. scan
  8. scan code
  9. scan codes
  10. scan doubler
  11. scan doublers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scamware (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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