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illegitimate

[il-i-jit-uh-mit, il-i-jit-uh-meyt] / ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt, ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt /


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If ever there was justification for an asterisk next to a record, his illegitimate assault on a scoring record is it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

The company says that it is “especially concerned about the use of A.I. to help individual humans or small groups gain unprecedented and illegitimate forms of concentrated power.”

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

Years of decay have left oil fields, pipelines and refineries in disrepair, with investors wary of sinking large sums and signing deals with a government led by Rodríguez that is widely viewed as illegitimate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Teenage parents and families of illegitimate children would respond, offering to pay them up to £15, approximately £2,300 in today's money.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

The strong programme insists that it is illegitimate to say that the explanation for the second belief is that it is right, or even that people believe it because they have good evidence for it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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