spurious
IPA: spjˈʊriʌs
adjective
- False, not authentic, not genuine.
- Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
- (archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate.
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Examples of "spurious" in Sentences
- The attack was not spurious.
- The claim is spurious and completely inauthentic.
- But I agree in that the use of the source is spurious.
- I changed the article to remove the spurious causal link.
- I removed the sources for the spurious claims of research.
- I deleted the spurious repetition of the references at the end.
- Please don't add this back in, it's spurious and unsubstantial.
- I removed both the inaccurate information and the spurious citation.
- In the meantime, the spurious statement is allowed to stay in the article.
- It seems to me that the argument at the beginning and the end are spurious.
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