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Adjective: spurious  spyûreeus
  1. Plausible but false
    "spurious inferences"
    - specious
     
  2. Born out of wedlock
    "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"
    - bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten
     
  3. Intended to deceive
    "a spurious work of art"
    - inauthentic, unauthentic

See also: counterfeit, false, illegitimate, imitative, spuriously, spuriousness

Encyclopedia: Spurious