spurious

adjectiveB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more spurious

Superlative

most spurious

1.
False, not authentic, not genuine.
His argument was spurious and had no validity.
2.
Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.
3.
(archaic)Bastardly, illegitimate.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bogus counterfeit fakefalsefalse counterfeit, fake, false, bogus

Trái nghĩa

genuine representativefalse genuine, representative

Cùng gốc / liên quan

spurionspuriosity spuriouslyspurious languagespuriousnessspurious diphthongspurious infectionunspurious nonspurious specious

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed from spurius (illegitimate, bastardly), possibly related to sperno or from -.