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spurious - Dictionary definition and meaning for spurious

SPURIOUS

  • (adj.) intended to deceive

    "a spurious work of art"

    synonyms : inauthentic , unauthentic

  • (adj.) born out of wedlock

    "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"

    synonyms : bastardly , misbegot , misbegotten

  • (adj.) plausible but false

    "a specious claim", "spurious inferences"

    synonyms : specious

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for spurious

  • (Tag: ) s-PURE+ious...pure means true...spurious means the opposite of it..which is FALSE,CONTERFEIT

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  • (Tag: ) Sounds like "furious". You get furious when you hear spurious arguments.

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  • (Tag: ) Read it: s-poor-ious argument.

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  • (Tag: ) s pur ious- sounds like "s its pure lies"

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  • (Tag: ) to "spurn" means to reject. So you SPURn anything that is SPURious (false).

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  • (Tag: ) Split "Spurious" into spur+ious, where spur means instantly(spur of the moment). So anything done without much thought and immediately can result in falsehood or may be illogical.

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  • (Tag: english)  The polka dotted sponges in the aquarium were not the real, rare ones living in the ocean. They were fake.

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  • (Tag: ) you get furious when you get spurious (counterfeit)dollar bills

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  • (Tag: ) the fast and the spurious.lol

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