adjective

spurious

/ˈspjʊəriəs/ · say it: SPYOOR·ee·uhs

not genuine; false

In Sophisticated Everyday

false or fake

In Debate & Persuasion

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1. (adjective) not genuine or real; false or fake

2. (adjective) seeming to be true or real but actually false or misleading

Examples

1. The document was declared spurious after experts examined it.
2. The connection between the two events was spurious; they were not actually related.

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