Adjective: spurious spyûr-ee-us
- False or fake; not what it appears to be
"a spurious work of art";
- inauthentic, unauthentic
- Ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
"a spurious argument"
- Plausible but false
"spurious inferences";
- specious
- [archaic] Born out of wedlock
"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring";
- bastardly [archaic], misbegot [archaic], misbegotten [archaic]
See also: counterfeit, false, illegitimate, imitative, invalid
Encyclopedia: Spurious