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Definitions

spurious

[spyoor-ee-uhs] / ˈspyʊər i əs /
ADJECTIVE
counterfeit, fake
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bogus false phony specious
WEAK
affected apocryphal artificial assumed bastard bent bum contrived deceitful deceptive dummy ersatz faked feigned forged framed illegitimate imitation make believe mock pirate pretend pretended pseudo put on sham simulated substitute unauthentic ungenuine unreal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
genuine real true valid
WEAK
authentic

Example Sentences

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Wasserman characterized the Daily Mail report as spurious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

There are fears of spurious medicines flooding the market.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

It’s not a spurious conclusion: Census data shows that the percentage of women aged 30–44 with no children is higher than it’s been since 1960.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

To argue otherwise, and to forgo it at this moment in particular, involves the denial of some pressing risks and the exaggeration of spurious others.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else’s manufacture is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make as good money!

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.