spurious

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Editorial note

Calling this a "gaming" article is a little spurious, I feel.

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Quick take

plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spurious gathered in one view.

adjective

plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

adjective

born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman

adjective

intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spurious.

adjective

plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

adjective

born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman

See also: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten

adjective

intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"

Example sentences

Calling this a "gaming" article is a little spurious, I feel.

It does not matter if the patent dispute is spurious and the startup clearly within their rights.

They can cause "spurious" bit flips by momentarily dropping the voltage at just the right instant.

We know this, because if you pay attention to particle physics you hear about all kinds of 3 sigmas that turn out to be spurious.

This person is gaming a law designed to protect homeowners from spurious litigation.

GoDaddy has a history of immediately pulling DNS of a domain after spurious complaints without a court order.

A crude unfiltered transmitter of this sort is probably emitting more spurious energy than on the intended frequency.

Namecheap has a history of ignoring and fighting abuse complaints from lawyers trying to shut down free speech with spurious trademark and libel claims without a court case.

You can't even cheat by regularizing wikitext as you go, because then you're causing spurious changes that the community can't easily police.

A ninefold difference in sentencing goes far beyond a proportionate incentive to avoid spurious trials.

This is the heart of it, and he says it well:"We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level.

Funny, I consider the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious pseudo-sophistication as a mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel...the mask of cruelty.