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1
born to a father and mother who are not married
- despite being illegitimate, Alexander Hamilton rose to greatness
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2
contrary to or forbidden by law
- an illegitimate use of campaign contributions for personal expenses
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3
not using or following good reasoning
- made several illegitimate inferences
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- eristic
- (also eristical),
- misleading,
- sophistic
- (or sophistical),
- specious
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The first known use of illegitimate was in 1536
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