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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
"Spurious" in context
I am unsure of what "spurious" means in this context:
"Who wouldn't get frantic when the whole matter was perfectly clear without naive equestions, and when it had already been decided that even to talk about it was spurious?"
thanks
"Who wouldn't get frantic when the whole matter was perfectly clear without naive equestions, and when it had already been decided that even to talk about it was spurious?"
thanks
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com : spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the idea is that to talk about "the whole matter" was pointless, time wasting, and possibly even serving absolutely no purpose other than to cause trouble.
- com : spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the idea is that to talk about "the whole matter" was pointless, time wasting, and possibly even serving absolutely no purpose other than to cause trouble.
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From www.dictionary.com:
spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false
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I think the idea is that to talk about "the whole matter" was p
spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false
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I think the idea is that to talk about "the whole matter" was p
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From Cambridge Online Dictionary :
spurious - false and not what it appears to be, or (of reasons and judgments) based on something that has not been correctly understood and therefore false:
Some of the arguments in favour of shutting the factory are questionable and others downright spurious.
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spurious - false and not what it appears to be, or (of reasons and judgments) based on something that has not been correctly understood and therefore false:
Some of the arguments in favour of shutting the factory are questionable and others downright spurious.
see ya
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if spurious means false, it doesn't make sense in the context.
"Who wouldn't get frantic when the whole matter was perfectly clear without naive equestions, and when it had already been decided that even to talk about it was FALSE?"
the talking of something can be false? that doesn't make sense.
"Who wouldn't get frantic when the whole matter was perfectly clear without naive equestions, and when it had already been decided that even to talk about it was FALSE?"
the talking of something can be false? that doesn't make sense.
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Hello Anon
I can't think of a context in which it would make sense to describe the act of talking as "spurious".
I think the speaker made a mistake. He meant something like: "even to talk about it showed dishonest intentions".
(The word is commonly misused.)
MrP
I can't think of a context in which it would make sense to describe the act of talking as "spurious".
I think the speaker made a mistake. He meant something like: "even to talk about it showed dishonest intentions".
(The word is commonly misused.)
MrP
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