adjective
- false or fake; not genuine or authentic
- based on false reasoning or invalid logic
Examples
- The police discovered spurious documents in the suspect’s briefcase.
- Her spurious claims about the product’s benefits misled many customers.
- The scientist rejected the spurious data from the flawed experiment.
- He made spurious arguments to support his weak position.
- The spurious painting was revealed to be a modern forgery.
- Critics called the report’s conclusions spurious and unreliable.