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Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief.
William Vickrey

Meaning of "spurious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPURIOUS

From Latin spurius of illegitimate birth.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPURIOUS

spurious  [ˈspjʊərɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPURIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spurious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPURIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spurious in the English dictionary

The first definition of spurious in the dictionary is not genuine or real. Other definition of spurious is having the appearance of another part but differing from it in origin, development, or function; false. Spurious is also produced at an undesired frequency by a transmitter, causing interference, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPURIOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
incurious
ɪnˈkjʊərɪəs
injurious
ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
penurious
pɪˈnjʊərɪəs
perjurious
pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
sulfureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
sulphureous
sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs
superluxurious
ˌsuːpərlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
uncurious
ʌnˈkjʊərɪəs
unluxurious
ˌʌnlʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs
usurious
juːˈzjʊərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPURIOUS

spur track
spur veins
spur wheel
spur-gall
spur-of-the-moment
spurdog
spurge
spurge laurel
spuriae
spuriosity
spuriously
spuriousness
spurless
spurn
spurner
spurred
spurrey
spurrier
spurries
spurring

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPURIOUS

bi-curious
carious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
glorious
gregarious
illustrious
imperious
industrious
inglorious
laborious
lugubrious
meritorious
multifarious
nefarious
notorious
precarious
vainglorious
vicarious
victorious

Synonyms and antonyms of spurious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPURIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spurious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of spurious

Translation of «spurious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPURIOUS

Find out the translation of spurious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spurious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spurious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

似是而非的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falso
570 millions of speakers

English

spurious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नकली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زائفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ложный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espúrio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কৃত্রিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Palsu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fadenscheinig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

似て非なる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그럴싸한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palsu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giả mạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போலியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बनावट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sahte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

falso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprawdziwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помилковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fals
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψευδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spurious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

falsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spurious

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPURIOUS»

The term «spurious» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.287 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPURIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spurious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spurious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spurious

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4 QUOTES WITH «SPURIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spurious.
1
Neal Boortz
The House of Representatives was not designed to sit idly by and rubberstamp every piece of legislation sent their way by the Senate, especially legislation passed on a straight party line vote under the spurious policy of reconciliation.
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Philip K. Dick
We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, 'What is real?' Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms.
3
Abraham Kuyper
Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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William Vickrey
Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPURIOUS»

Discover the use of spurious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spurious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spurious Coin: A History of Science, Management, and ...
Offers a narrative history of technical writing as a cultural practice and the system of scientific knowledge it controls.
Bernadette Longo, 2000
2
Spurious
In a raucous debut that summons up the ironic British classic Goon Show, writer and philosopher Lars Iyer tells the story of someone very like himself, who together with his more successful friend goes in search of more palatable literary ...
Lars Iyer, 2011
3
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the ...
Blaming the Victims demonstrates with cold precision how the consistent denial of truth about the Palestinians by governments and the media in the West has led to the current impasse in Middle East politics.
Edward W. Said, Christopher Hitchens, 2001
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Minimizing Spurious Tones in Digital Delta-Sigma Modulators
This volume demystifies Digital Delta-Sigma Modulator (DDSM) architectures, covering multi stage noise shaping (MASH), error feedback modulators (EFM) and single quantizer (SQ)-DDSM modulators.
Kaveh Hosseini, Michael Peter Kennedy, 2011
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A letter from the king. [Spurious. Followed by] The Brunswick
- Wasborough. Carlton Palace, December 1, 1820. TO ALL OUR LOVING SUBJECTS AND COUNTRYMEN, HOWEVER EXALTED IN RANK, OR HUMBLE IN STATION, THE KlNG SENDS ALIKE HIS MOST AFFECTIONATE GREETING.
- Wasborough, 1820
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A Course of Severe and Arduous Trials: Bacon, Beckett and ...
This book identifies many similarities between the spaces and activities they evoke and the initiatory practices of fraternal orders and secret societies that were an integral part of the social landscape of the Ireland experienced by both ...
Lynn Brunet, 2009
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The Spurious Texts of Philo of Alexandria: A Study of ...
Analysis of the sources of these texts (especially the catenae and florilegia), and the correct identifications of many texts, often for the first time.
James Ronald Royse, 1991
8
"Nice Guys Finish Seventh": False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, ...
Sportswriters perked them up, and gave America one of its most familiar misquotations. Ralph Keyes points out in "Nice Guys Finish Seventh" that many of our best-known sayings, phrases, and quotations are inaccurate, misattributed, or both.
Ralph Keyes, 1992
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Spurious Interpretation ......
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Roscoe Pound, 2012
10
An Analysis of Regulatory Frameworks for Wireless ...
Spurious emissions are unwanted RF transmissions on a frequency, and the level of which may be reduced without affecting the corresponding emission of information. The spurious emissions are elementary in regulating RF systems, as their ...
Haim Mazar, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPURIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spurious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aviva to crack down on whiplash fraudsters: Insurer will spend …
Insurance giant Aviva has declared war on whiplash fraudsters with an ambitious plan to spend millions of pounds challenging spurious claims for damages. «This is Money, Jul 15»
2
No mercy for spurious medicines traders: Shahbaz
The Chief Minister said the heinous trade of spurious drugs would be controlled in the province and a vigorous crackdown had been launched for this purpose. «SAMAA TV, Jun 15»
3
Two die after consuming spurious liquor in UP
Moradabad (UP): Two persons died on Tuesday after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Bangla Gaon here, police said. Three persons purchased the ... «Zee News, Jun 15»
4
102 People Killed in Mumbai Spurious Liquor Tragedy, Police Could …
Malad, Mumbai: 102 people have died in the Mumbai spurious liquor tragedy in Malvani colony in the western suburbs of Mumbai. The state government has set ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
5
Number of Dead in Mumbai Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 90
Mumbai, Maharashtra: 37 more people have died in the Mumbai spurious liquor tragedy today, taking the total number of deaths to 90. Another 37 people ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
6
378 litres of spurious toddy seized
The Excise Department seized about 378 litres of spurious toddy during a raid at a toddy shop in Edanad near Aluva on Tuesday. According to officials, the ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
7
Hockey's neighbour hits back at claims about 'spurious' purchase
The owner of "Windermere" in Sydney's Hunter's Hill is unimpressed with Joe Hockey dobbing him in to the Foreign Investment Review Board. Photo: Supplied. «Domain News, Jun 15»
8
Spurious estimates often trump facts in super debate
But when it comes to superannuation, many commentators either prefer to ignore the facts or claim spurious estimates of future superannuation tax concessions ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
9
Spurious liquor kills 5 in UP
The menace of spurious liquor reared its head again in Uttar Pradesh despite the tall claims of officials of a crackdown on the illicit trade. The killer brew ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
10
Maharashtra govt to enforce hologram to check spurious liquor flow
The Maharashtra government has almost doubled the target for excise proceeds from liquor and has also initiated steps to check the flow of spurious liquor ... «The Indian Express, May 15»

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