spurious
adjective/ˈspjʊəriəs/
/ˈspjʊriəs/
- false, although seeming to be real or true
- He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
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- based on false ideas or ways of thinking
- a spurious argument
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘born out of wedlock’): from Latin spurius ‘false’ + -ous.
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