Usually means: Imposing something unwanted on someone.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. foisting: Merriam-Webster
  2. foisting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. foisting: Vocabulary.com
  4. foisting: Wordnik
  5. foisting: Wiktionary
  6. Foisting, foisting: Dictionary.com
  7. Foisting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Foisting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. foisting: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. foisting: FreeDictionary.org
  11. foisting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foisting: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. foisting: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (foisting)

▸ noun:  The act of something being foisted; imposition.

Similar:
imposition, obtruding, imposture, impostury, imposturage, impingement, befoulment, foiling, misbestowal, tabooing, more...

Opposite:
receiving, accepting, offering

Types:
palming, dumping, deeding, unloading, passing off, more...

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Similar:
imposition, obtruding, imposture, impostury, imposturage, impingement, befoulment, foiling, misbestowal, tabooing, more...

Opposite:
receiving, accepting, offering

Types:
palming, dumping, deeding, unloading, passing off, more...



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