spurious
adjective
not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
spuriously
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a word derived from
spurious.
Example Sentences
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The terminal operators, shipping companies and other industries dependent on the movement of cargo argue, spuriously, that these port pollution rules are actually just limits on economic activity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
Many of Goodman’s art wall statements are akin to word and image clouds, often spuriously audacious pronouncements splayed in big, bold block lettering, with individual words smushed together for maximal effect.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023
After a further exchange of words, Mangum said the officer called Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies to the scene and spuriously claimed Mangum had threatened to assault him.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
You seem to selectively reference studies that claim spuriously that without the decline in smoking, there would have not been any real decline in overall cancer mortality.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 23, 2020
She liked the park because, however spuriously, it re-created something of the landscape she had known.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
