Example sentences for: specious

How can you use “specious” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is the first citation in the OED Supplement , Volume 4 (1986), which defines the word as a “TV program lasting several hours, especially to solicit contributions,” coined by analogy from marathon . What had apparently happened was that a false analysis had divided the Olympic event into two specious morphemes, as if mar(a) meant `running' and -(a)thon meant `long' as a suffix.

  • However, he makes some specious claims.

  • The editorial endorses a tobacco settlement as a way to reduce both smoking and "specious" lawsuits.

  • The question is, of course, specious: the book is available now, for all to see, and if one does not need or want the more replete version, the “abridged” style of Neologisms may well suffice.

  • They are not only specious, but also deeply disingenuous.


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