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Word entry · 8 letters

spurious

Best crossword clue

"False-seeming"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ioprssuuStarts with SEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2P3U4R5I6O7U8S

Definitions

  1. false or fake; not what it appears to be

Word origin

Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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