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==English==
{{was wotd|2007|November|27}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|LL.|spurius|t=illegitimate, bastardly}}, possibly related to {{m|la|sperno}} or from {{der|en|ett|-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspjʊ.ɹi.əs/|/ˈspʊ.ɹi.əs/|/ˈspjɔ.ɹi.əs/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-spurious.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʊəɹiəs|s=3}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{cap|false}}, not [[authentic]], not [[genuine]].
#: {{ux|en|His argument was '''spurious''' and had no validity.}}
#* {{RQ:Guardian|date=13 Sep 2013|author=Russell Brand|title=Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems'|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720135855/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss|passage=We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most '''spurious''' and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2019-7-19|author=Noah Kulwin|title=Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again|journal=w:Jewish Currents|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426023141/https://jewishcurrents.org/democrats-fail-the-left-once-again|passage={{w|Ilhan Omar|[Ilhan] Omar}} was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing '''spurious''' charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by {{w|Chelsea Clinton}}, {{w|Chuck Schumer}}, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.}}
# {{cap|extraneous}}, [[stray]]; not relevant or wanted.
#: {{ux|en|I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but '''spurious''' thoughts kept intruding.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Spurious''' emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} {{cap|bastardly}}, [[illegitimate]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Samson|line=389-392|page=29|passage={{...}} who alſo in her prime of love,<br>Spouſal embraces, vitiated with Gold,<br>Though offer’d only, by the ſent conceiv’d<br>Her '''ſpurious''' firſt-born; Treaſon againſt me?}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|false}} {{l|en|counterfeit}}, {{l|en|fake}}, {{l|en|false}}, {{l|en|bogus}}
* See also [[Thesaurus:fake]]
* See also [[Thesaurus:illegitimate]]

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|false}} {{l|en|genuine}}, {{l|en|representative}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|spuriosity|spuriously|spurious language|spuriousness|spurious diphthong|spurious infection|unspurious|nonspurious}}

====Collocations====
{{co-top|Nouns often used with "spurious"}}
{{coi|en|correlation, result, claim, relationship, signal, model, regression, oscillation, effect, emission, article, work, writing, issue, coin, imitation, profundity, reasoning, justification, offspring}}
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|false}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|vals}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|фалши́в}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|espuri}}, {{t+|ca|fals}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|虛假|alt=虛假的|tr=xūjiǎ de}}, {{t+|cmn|偽造|alt=偽造的|tr=wěizào de}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vals}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|võlts}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|väärennetty}}, {{t+|fi|väärä}}, {{t+|fi|epäaito}}
* French: {{t+|fr|faux}}, {{t+|fr|trompeur}}
* German: {{t+|de|unecht}}, {{t+|de|gefälscht}}, {{t+|de|falsch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πλαστός}}, {{t+|el|κίβδηλος}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πλαστός}}, {{t|grc|νόθος}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|मिथ्या}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hamis}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|óekta}}, {{t|is|falskur}}, {{t|is|falsaður}}, {{t|is|tál-}}, {{t|is|fals-}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|palsu}}, {{t+|id|tiru|alt=tiruan}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|にせ物|tr=にせものの, nisemono no|alt=にせ物の}}, {{t+|ja|疑似|tr=ぎじの, giji no|alt=疑似の}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|거짓|alt=거짓-의}}, {{t+|ko|속임수|alt=속임수-의}}, {{t+|ko|위조|alt=위조-된}}
* Latin: {{t|la|reprobus}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tipatipa}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|falsk}}, {{t|no|uekte}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مجعول|tr=maj'ul}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|fałszywy}}, {{t+|pl|nieprawdziwy}}, {{t+|pl|nieautentyczny}}, {{t+|pl|podrobiony}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|espúrio}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ло́жный}}, {{t+|ru|подде́льный}}, {{t+|ru|фальши́вый}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|meallta}}, {{t|gd|mealltach}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|espurio}}, {{t+|es|falso}}, {{t+|es|mentira}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|falsk}}, {{t+|sv|förfalskad}}, {{t+|sv|oäkta}}
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{{trans-top|extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted}}
* German: {{t+|de|herumirrend}}, {{t+|de|beiläufig}}, {{t+|de|ungewollt}}, {{t|de|[[nicht]] [[erwünscht]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kósza}}
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{{trans-top|illegitimate}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|незаконнороден}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|espuri}}, {{t+|ca|bastard}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onwettelijk}}
* German: {{t+|de|unehelich}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|νόθος|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|νόθος}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|óskilgetinn}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|espúrio}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|внебра́чный}}, {{t+|ru|незаконноро́жденный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|espurio}}, {{t+|es|ilegítimo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|oäkta}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|specious}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:MWO}}
* {{R:AHD}}
* {{R:Collins}}
* {{R:Macmillan}}
* {{R:Britannica Dictionary}}
* {{R:WordNet 2006}}