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spurious
Synonyms and Antonyms of spurious
1
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, forged, inauthentic, phony (also phoney), queer, sham, snide, unauthentic
2
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic
double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous
exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)
cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering
conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden
artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
3
born to a father and mother who are not married
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