English-French translations for spurious

• faux
  Ce qui s'est passé est tout à fait inacceptable et ce sont de faux prétextes qui nous ont été avancés. What has happened is totally unacceptable and we have been fobbed off with spurious pretexts.
  Le débat sur l'abaissement des salaires est un faux débat, mais celui sur la flexibilité est tout à fait important. The debate on the call for lower wages is a spurious one, but the debate on flexibility is very important.
  Un excellent exemple de ce faux succès est l’Irak, que la guerre a transformé en terrain propice au terrorisme. A prime example of this spurious success is Iraq, which has become a breeding ground for terrorism in the wake of the war.
• trompeur
  Ce procédé est fallacieux et trompeur, et il ruinera tout notre avenir commun. This is spurious and misleading, and it will ruin our whole common future.

Definition of spurious

• False, not authentic, not genuine
• Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted
• bastardly, illegitimate

Examples

• His argument was spurious and had no validity.
• I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
• Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.

Related words

• spur
• spurt
• spurn
• spurge
• spurring
• spurred
• larkspur
• spurting
• Dispur