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spurious
What does spurious mean?
spurious (adjective): ostensibly valid, but not actually valid.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use spurious in a sentence?
- His books were filled with spurious arguments. (Tatoeba sentence #10750499 by ddnktr, CC BY 2.0 FR)
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What does “spurious” mean?
appropriate for people with good incomes
Not quite: that's what upscale means.
involving or likely to cause controversy
Not quite: that's what contentious means.
existing in large number or ample amount
Not quite: that's what plentiful means.
ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
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