speciousadjective
uk/ˈspiː.ʃəs/us/ˈspiː.ʃəs/formal disapprovingseeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false:
a specious argument/claim
specious allegations/promises
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Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomaly
- awry
- bark
- flawed
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doing sth idiom
- imprecise
- impropriety
- invalid 1
- irregular
- mis-
- misspeak
- mistaken
- off beam
- quarrel with sth
- speak
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speciously
adverb uk/ˈspiː.ʃəs.li/us/ˈspiː.ʃəs.li/
speciousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈspiː.ʃəs.nəs/us/ˈspiː.ʃəs.nəs/