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spurious

Dictionary definition · spurious

adjective

  1. ostensibly valid, but not actually valid"a spurious argument"
  2. plausible but false"a specious claim"
  3. born out of wedlock"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"
  4. false or fake; not what it appears to be"a spurious work of art"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).