supposednetwork
nounUK /səˈpəʊzd ˈnɛtwɜːk/
US /səˈpoʊzd ˈnɛtwɜːrk/
A network that people think is real or true, but it might not be.
The spies used a supposed network of secret friends to share messages.
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2. A group of connected computers or people that is believed to exist but has not been proven.
Detectives searched for the supposed network of hackers.
3. An imaginary or made-up web of links between things.
The map showed a supposed network of tunnels under the city.
4. A system that is named or described but whose reality is in doubt.
The supposed network of spies turned out to be a myth.