inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
(adjective) false or fake; not what it appears to be; “a spurious work of art”
bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
(adjective) born out of wedlock; “the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring”- E.A.Freeman
specious, spurious
(adjective) plausible but false; “a specious claim”; “spurious inferences”
spurious
(adjective) ostensibly valid, but not actually valid; “a spurious argument”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spurious (comparative more spurious, superlative most spurious)
False, not authentic, not genuine.
Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted.
(archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
• (false): counterfeit, fake, false, bogus
• See also fake
• See also illegitimate
• (false): genuine, representative
Source: Wiktionary
Spu"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. spurius.]
1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "Her spurious firstborn." Milton. Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zoöl.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
– Spurious wing (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.
Syn.
– Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard.
– Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv.
– Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
