How to Use illegitimate in a Sentence

illegitimate

adjective

• They were fired from their jobs for illegitimate reasons.
• She thinks that my concerns are illegitimate.
• Luther was the son of a miner, Erasmus the illegitimate son of a priest.
  — Razib Khan, National Review, 31 July 2021
• Even if all those ballots proved to be illegitimate, that would be nowhere near enough votes to swing the election to Trump.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2022
• One army, led by the illegitimate son of a French duke, had fought another, led by a British king.
  — Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• Fitzalan will play the role of Philippe in the film, which tells the story of the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Aug. 2021
• In the view of some lawyers, this statute could apply to almost any illegitimate action Trump took to change the outcome of the election.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• These illegitimate pills can be so strong that the DEA found an average of 1 in 4 were potent enough to kill the user.
  — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2021
• As the auction gets more buzz, Fisher has become wary, worried that some of the bids are illegitimate or were put in as jokes.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• Maier’s mother, Marie Jaussaud, was born in France in 1897, the illegitimate daughter of a teenage fling.
  — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2021
• Kari Lake has claimed for weeks that her loss in the race for Arizona governor was illegitimate.
  — Jonathan J. Cooper and, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
• And Chief Justice Roberts wonders why the current court is seen by many as an illegitimate farce.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2024
• Paul has flashed some highlights with swift knockouts in four of those wins, but many still view him as an illegitimate boxer.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Thus, the system itself is now attacked as illegitimate, and abiding by the law is no defense for the crime of being too wealthy.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 June 2021
• The Kapp Putsch, or coup, in 1920 tried but failed to overthrow the government in Berlin, which its supporters saw as illegitimate.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
• That is a nonstarter for many in the West, who believe Mr. Lukashenko stole an election last year and consider his rule to be illegitimate.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• Trump worked hard in each of those instances to degrade and invalidate the process, to treat them as illegitimate in order to blunt the findings.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
• If Trump was illegitimate and impeachable even before Day One in office, why not the same for Biden?
  — Keith C. Burris and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (tns), Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
• Vaemond made his case — a strong one, as so long as people believed and agreed that Rhaenyra and Laenor's children were illegitimate.
  — Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022
• Because Charles’ children were all illegitimate, his younger brother, the Catholic James, was his sole heir.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2022
• Cleese has since revealed that the series will be set in the Caribbean where Basil Fawlty moves to, to be with his illegitimate daughter.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 May 2024
• In 2020, the other half viewed it as an illegitimate result.
  — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
• What’s not protected is acting as if the election were therefore illegitimate, like to say that Joe Biden is not the President, so the laws don’t bind me.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
• There may well be sexist motives behind some of these demands, but that doesn't mean that each and every one of them is illegitimate.
  — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 8 June 2022
• In a matter of months, his lies have warped the views of many of his party’s supporters, who view President Biden as illegitimate.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• Earlier this year, Charles Vandervaart joined the cast as the adult version of William, Jamie's illegitimate son.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 June 2022
• If there is a perception that the Supreme Court is politicized and illegitimate, the solution is not adding more justices.
  — Elizabeth Slattery, CNN, 19 Apr. 2021
• Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela, which the U.S. views as illegitimate.
  — Alexandria Bordas, Cynthia Dizikes, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2021
• Although claims about vote counting at the then-TCF Center being illegitimate ran rampant in the weeks after the 2020 election, those claims ended up being debunked.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
• In actuality, the position is likely illegitimate, and be especially wary if it's supposed to be paid back under the table.
  — Hannah Ma, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024