What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.
Source: tatoeba (866225)
Spurious
/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/
Synonyms for "spurious" (120 found)
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deceptivedistorteddressed updummyembellishedembroiderederroneousersatzfactitiousfakefakedfalsefalsifiedfatherlessfeignedfictitiousfictiveforgedfraudulentgarbled
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Noun(4 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Adjective(8 words)
Noun(2 words)
pseudoscientific reasoningquack
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6 entriesbaseless claimbogus datafraudulent evidenceillusory patternmisleading resultpseudo causation
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6 entriesspurious claimspurious correlationspurious dataspurious evidencespurious relationshipspurious results
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2 entriesmore spuriousmost spurious
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5 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The argument that the platform exists only to promote written language seems spurious.
Source: tatoeba (9499078)
The addition, from whatever source it was obtained, does not appear to me to be at all apposite, and therefore I conceive it to be spurious.
Source: tatoeba (9969707)
His books were filled with spurious arguments.
Source: tatoeba (10750499)
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