Spurious
['spjʊərɪəs] or ['spjʊrɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
(a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
Typed by Avery
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Illegitimate, bastard.[2]. Counterfeit, supposititious, meretricious, deceitful, sham, false, mock, pretended, feigned, clap-trap, fictitious, unauthentic, make-believe, not genuine.
Typist: Michael
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Counterfeit, false, not_genuine, unauthentic, forged, adulterate, ungenuine,bastard, supposititious, groundless, ascititious
ANT:true, genuine, veritable, unadulterated, legitimate, authentic
Edited by Kitty
Definition
adj. illegitimate: bastard: not genuine: false: resembling an organ but without its function or having the functions of an organ while morphologically different.—adv. Spūr′iously.—n. Spūr′iousness.
Typed by Ina
Examples
- Yet of course, her cynicism knew well enough that, in a world where spurious coin was current, a bad sovereign was better than a bad farthing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is one genuine pleasure, and two spurious ones: the tyrant goes beyond even the latter; he has run away altogether from law and reason. Plato. The Republic.
- The whole coinage of valuation was spurious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typed by Ina