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spurious
UK /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/ US /ˈspjʊɹ.i.əs/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
inflammatory, most, superficial
VERB + SPURIOUS
claiming, facing, filled, range, seems, written
SPURIOUS + NOUN
antisemitism, arguments, detentions, summary
PREP.
after, from, with
Definitions
adj
1
False, not authentic, not genuine.
His argument was spurious and had no validity.
We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.
2
Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.
3
Bastardly, illegitimate.
[…] who alſo in her prime of love, Spouſal embraces, vitiated with Gold, Though offer’d only, by the ſent conceiv’d Her ſpurious firſt-born; Treaſon againſt me?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — false or fake
- inauthentic
- unauthentic
adjective — born out of wedlock
- bastardly
- misbegot
- misbegotten
adjective — plausible but false
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
His argument was spurious and had no validity.
Wiktionary02
We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know t
Wiktionary03
[Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most ever
Wiktionary04
What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.
Tatoeba · #86622505
The argument that the platform exists only to promote written language seems spurious.
Tatoeba · #949907806
The addition, from whatever source it was obtained, does not appear to me to be at all apposite, and therefore I conceive it to be spurious.
Tatoeba · #9969707Usage Notes
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