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   Spu·ri·ous

   /ˈspyo͝orēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not being what it purports to be; false or fake: "separating authentic and spurious claims"
   • ▪ (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid: "this spurious reasoning results in nonsense"
   • ▪ (of offspring) illegitimate.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘born out of wedlock’): from Latin spurius ‘false’ + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spuriously adverb
   • 2. spuriousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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