āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
spurious
/spjËĘÉšÉĒÉs/
spurious
01
āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¨āĻāĻ˛
(of documents or objects) pretending to be genuine
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The jeweler refused to buy the spurious diamond.
āĻāĻšā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻ
(of explanations or reasoning) sounding valid but being unsound actually
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His spurious reasoning made the conclusion unreliable.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸āĻāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ
(of a child) born outside of marriage
Dated
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The law once denied inheritance to spurious offspring.
āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
spuriously
spuriousness
spurious
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
