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spurious
- Meaning and Examples
Meaning of
'spurious'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Spurious
[
a.
]
- Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
- Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
Meaning of 'spurious' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
spurious
[
s
]
Meaning (1):
- plausible but false
Example in sentence:
a specious claim;
spurious inferences
Meaning (2):
- ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
Example in sentence:
a spurious argument
Meaning (3):
- false or fake; not what it appears to be
Example in sentence:
a spurious work of art
Meaning (4):
- born out of wedlock
Example in sentence:
the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring
Nearby Words:
spud
spue
spuilzie
spuke
spuller
spulzie
spume
spumed
spumeous
spumescence
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