spurious

  • (s) plausible but false
    • a specious claim
    • spurious inferences
    specious,
  • (s) born out of wedlock
    • "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
    bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten,
  • (s) intended to deceive
    • a spurious work of art
    inauthentic, unauthentic,

Synonyms

specious bastardly misbegot misbegotten inauthentic unauthentic

Words of close approximity

spurious correlation spuriously spuriousness spurious wing