SPURIOUS vs SPECIOUS: ADJECTIVE
- Born to unwed parents.
- Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious.
- Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine.
- Born out of wedlock
- Plausible but false
- Not legitimate; bastard.
- The first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
- The bastard wing, or alula.
- False, not authentic, not genuine
- Bastardly, illegitimate
- Intended to deceive
- Plausible but false
- Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
- Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious.
- Deceptively appealing.
- Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
- Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible
- Seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere; strongly held but false.
- Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
- Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
SPURIOUS vs SPECIOUS: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In botany, false; counterfeit; apparent only.
- Erroneous; incorrectly established: as, a spurious genus or species. See pseudogenus.
- Aborted or changed so that the normal functions no longer exist: as, the spurious or aborted front legs of certain butterflies.
- Having the functions of an organ, but morphologically different from it: as, the spurious legs, or prolegs, of a caterpillar.
- Ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
- False or fake; not what it appears to be
- False; resembling a part or organ, but not having its function: as, spurious eyes or limbs.
- In zoology:
- Not proceeding from the true source or from the source pretended; not being what it pretends or appears to be; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterated.
- Not legitimate; bastard: as, spurious issue.
- Synonyms Spurious, Supposititious, and Counterfeit agree in expressing intent to deceive, except that counterfeit may be used with figurative lightness where no dishonorable purpose is implied. Spurious, not genuine, expresses strong disapprobation of the deception, successful or attempted. Supposititious applies only to that which is substituted for the genuine; it thus expresses a class under the spurious: a supposititious work of Athanasius is not one that is supposed to have been written by him, but one that is palmed off upon the public as being the genuine text of a work that he is known to have written; a supposititious child is a changeling; was the Tichborne claimant the genuine or a supposititious Sir Roger? Counterfeit applies also to a class under the spurious—namely, to that which is made in attempted imitation of something else: as, a counterfeit coin, bank-note, signature. Chatterton's manuscripts were spurious, but not supposititious; as they were not exact imitations of any particular manuscripts of early days, they would hardly be called counterfeit. See factitious.
- Superficially fair, just, or correct; appearing well; apparently right; plausible; beguiling: as, specious reasoning; a specious argument; a specious person or book.
- Appearing actual, or in reality; actually existing; not imaginary.
- Pertaining to species or a species.
- Synonyms Colorable, Plausible, etc. See ostensible.
- Based on pretense
- Deceptively pleasing
- Pleasing to the eye; externally fair or showy; appearing beautiful or charming; sightly; beautiful.
SPURIOUS vs SPECIOUS: RELATED WORDS
- Dubious, Bogus, Fallacious, Misbegot, Bastard, Natural, Misbegotten, Bastardly, Imitative, Counterfeit, Invalid, Illegitimate, Inauthentic, Unauthentic, Specious
- Disingenuous, Unnecessary, Deceptive, Paradoxical, Deceitful, Superfluous, Illusory, Misleading, Fallacious, Gilded, Invalid, Insincere, False, Meretricious, Spurious
SPURIOUS vs SPECIOUS: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Dubious, Bogus, Fallacious, Misbegot, Bastard, Natural, Misbegotten, Bastardly, Imitative, Counterfeit, Invalid, Illegitimate, Inauthentic, Unauthentic, Specious
- Disingenuous, Unnecessary, Deceptive, Paradoxical, Deceitful, Superfluous, Illusory, Misleading, Fallacious, Gilded, Invalid, Insincere, False, Meretricious, Spurious
SPURIOUS vs SPECIOUS: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Next, the critiques you make are largely spurious.
- Some fakes come with magnificent, but spurious, provenances.
- INSERT statements often have a spurious estimated cost.
- Spurious access errors appear while running IP Multicast.
- Sopori testimonio, the same spurious signature of Carrillo.
- Job satisfaction and performance: Is the relationship spurious?
- Such overlap is quit rare for spurious modifications.
- Such spurious imports are generally harmless but unsightly.
- The spurious new axis now no longer appears.
- This book is the most comprehensive, and it includes spurious works or works thought to be spurious.
- The claim against Aetna is specious for similar reasons.
- His reasoning is ingenious, specious and intelligible as usual.
- Obviously the motive behind this specious theology is virtuous.
- Perhaps the evidence and argument is specious at best.
- In my view, that is a specious argument, apocryphal.
- The third point is tautological and therefore specious.
- Urquidi was an employee of Chase is specious.
- A more specious argument can hardly be imagined.
- All the chambers are provided with specious closets.
- Specious facts cannot support a finding of favoritism.
SPURIOUS vs SPECIOUS: QUESTIONS
- What is the convergent T-statistic for spurious regression?
- Did a Bhagalpur man die after consuming spurious liquor?
- Is the ascription of Goethe to Haim Ginott spurious?
- How to eliminate spurious minutiae in image post processing?
- How does the p746 protect against spurious operation?
- Is the Tanaka Memorial (1927) authentic or spurious?
- What are some spurious assumptions about IAS officers?
- When do sociologists assume non spurious causality?
- Which immunoglobulin administration may cause spurious hyponatremia?
- Can EDTA contamination cause spurious hyperkalaemia?
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