spurious, adj.
false or fake; not what it appears to be
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inauthentic spurious unauthentic
sample sentences
"a spurious work of art"
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born out of wedlock
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bastardly misbegot misbegotten spurious
sample sentences
"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
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derivationally related form
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similar to
plausible but false
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specious spurious
sample sentences
"a specious claim""spurious inferences"
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derivationally related form
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ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
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spurious