spurious
4 02 2010Adjectives
1. (adj.) specious, spurious;
- plausible but false;
- “a specious claim”; “spurious inferences”;
2. (adj.) bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious;
- born out of wedlock;
- “the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring”;
3. (adj.) inauthentic, spurious, unauthentic;
- intended to deceive;
- “a spurious work of art”;
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