spurious

Adjective Satellite

• plausible but false
  • "spurious inferences"
• born out of wedlock; - E.A.Freeman
  • "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"
• intended to deceive
  • "a spurious work of art"

Adj

• False, not authentic, not genuine.
• Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
• Bastardly, illegitimate.

Adjective

• Not genuine, authentic, or true; false or fake.

Examples

• He often suspected his opponent’s spurious words were not real.
• His argument was spurious and had no validity.
• I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
• Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.

Synonyms

bastardly, inauthentic, misbegot, misbegotten, specious, unauthentic, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false

Antonyms

genuine, representative

Related Words

specious