hearsay

🇺🇸 /ˈhɪrseɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhɪəseɪ/
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noun
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Information that you have received from someone else, but that you cannot be sure is true because you have not seen or heard it yourself.

It's not fair to judge someone based on hearsay.

translation

n. Information that you have received from someone else, but that you cannot be sure is true because you have not seen or heard it yourself.

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Plural hearsays