as in illegitimate
born to a father and mother who are not married
entered the world as the supposititious son of a rich lord
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And use the company’s publicly available number, not the one the caller provides, which is probably illegitimate.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025 -
Trump himself has suggested moral equivalence between the two sides, claiming Ukraine was at fault for provoking the war, that President Zelensky was illegitimate and that the U.S. should recognize Russia’s annexations of Ukrainian territory.—
Eric Green,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Supposititious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supposititious. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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