as in misleading
tending or having power to deceive
a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination
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Recent Examples of specious
The pattern seekers are more interested in uncovering a juicier story than finding justice for victims who must now compete with specious secret-society rhetoric and crude Diddy memes to be heard.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Some even promoted the specious claim that 4-AcO was the poisoning culprit.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
Gigs mostly confirms this message, casting a sidelong look into how a burgeoning star lost himself in the specious and solitary world of intractable celebrity.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2024
The specious allegations to justify such mistreatment?
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Some even promoted the specious claim that 4-AcO was the poisoning culprit.
—Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
Gigs mostly confirms this message, casting a sidelong look into how a burgeoning star lost himself in the specious and solitary world of intractable celebrity.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2024
The specious allegations to justify such mistreatment?
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Specious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/specious. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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