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spurious
01
(of documents or objects) pretending to be genuine
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most spurious
Comparative
more spurious
gradable
Examples
The detective spotted the spurious passport at once.
02
(of explanations or reasoning) sounding valid but being unsound actually
Examples
The lawyer 's spurious argument crumbled under cross-examination.
03
(of a child) born outside of marriage
Dated
Old use
Examples
In old records, he was listed as a spurious son of the nobleman.
Lexical Tree
spuriously
spuriousness
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