spurious
/ˈspjʊərɪəs/adjective
1- not being what it purports to be; false or fake假的; 伪造的：
separating authentic and spurious claims.
区别真实和虚假的要求。
1.1
- (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid（推理方法）貌似真实的, 站不住脚的：
this spurious reasoning results in nonsense.
这种站不住脚的推理到头来都是废话。
1.2
- archaic (of offspring) illegitimate〈古〉（后代）私生的。
派生词
spuriously
adverbspuriousness
noun词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'born out of wedlock'）： from Latin spurius 'false' +-OUS.