Thesaurus: spurious

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1. a. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
2. a. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
3. adj. ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
4. adj. plausible but false
5. adj. born out of wedlock
6. adj. false or fake; not what it appears to be
7. 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "Her spurious firstborn." Milton. Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zoöl.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. -- Spurious wing (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn. -- Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
8. j:100 s plausible but false s born out of wedlock s intended to deceive