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spurious
/ˈspjʊɹiəs/
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“The editor removed a spurious claim.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does spurious mean?
adjective
- False, not authentic, not genuine.
- Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈspjʊɹiəs/
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The fate of this spurious text throws light into the workings of human nature in its relations to sacred literature.
Child-crowing, or spasm of the glottis, or spurious croup, as it is sometimes called, is occasionally mistaken for genuine croup.
More book examples (3)
The spurious prudence, making the senses final, is the god of sots and cowards, and is the subject of all comedy.
It is not a pistillate, as many claim, Mr. Fuller asserts, but a spurious variety, largely mixed with it, is a pistillate.
When the sentence, nevertheless, is not strong enough for my proportion, a civil person ought to reject it as spurious, and none of mine.