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spurious

IPA pronunciation: /ˈspjʊə.ri.əs/

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Russian meaning

Ложный, поддельный

English definition

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake; invalid.

Example

The model revealed a spurious correlation between unrelated variables.

Collocations

spurious argument
spurious correlation
spurious claims

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