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- DictionarySpu·ri·ous/ˈspyo͝orēəs/
adjective
- 1. not being what it purports to be; false or fake: "separating authentic and spurious claims"
Spurious means false, illegitimate, or not genuine. It comes from Latin spurius, meaning "bastard". See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
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Spurious means false and not what it appears to be, or based on false reasoning or information. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Spurious definition: not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.. See examples of SPURIOUS used in a sentence.
Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories. Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin — a fake. Anytime you see the word spurious, you're dealing with things that can't be trusted or accepted at face value.
Spurious means false and not what it appears to be, or based on false reasoning or information. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
Spurious means not genuine or real, or false or counterfeit. It can also describe something that is similar in appearance but different in origin or function. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and usage examples of spurious.
Spurious means not genuine, real, or valid, or having a similar appearance but a different structure. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of spurious in English and other languages.
