spurious
adjective
not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
spuriousness
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a word derived from
spurious.
Example Sentences
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Librarians who speak out against the spuriousness of the process might themselves be removed, in order to take the heat off school districts.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
Frederick III of the Palatinate alone withdrew, and before long joined the Calvinists by introducing the Heidelberg Catechism, thus revealing the spuriousness of his own Lutheranism.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
But it is unfortunately undeniable that the bulk of this department of Greek literature is spurious to begin with, and uninteresting, even if spuriousness be permitted to pass.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
A certain suspicion of spuriousness continued to cling to it, and greatly diminished its authority.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
The critical conjecture about the spuriousness of the tenth book is worthy of the champion of the false Ignatius as against Cureton.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
