illegitimate
Example Sentences
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Meta and YouTube strongly deny the allegations, and also unsuccessfully argued on Friday for the judge to declare statements comparing their platforms to tobacco and other addictive products to be illegitimate.
From Barron's
Viewers eventually learn Sophie’s servitude is forced after her parentage is revealed — she’s the illegitimate daughter of an earl.
From Los Angeles Times
Interpol only releases very basic data about illegitimate requests for arrests and since 2018 has not revealed which countries are the subject of complaints and inquiries.
From BBC
One of the protesters, Hussein Mohammed al-Yafai, told AFP he had come out to "reject the illegitimate measures taken by Saudi Arabia... against the South."
From Barron's
None of this evidence implies that anger was illegitimate or grievances unfounded.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
