Examples of 'specious' in a sentence
Meaning of "specious"
Specious means superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
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- Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
- Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
- Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
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Your specious proposition is illegal and unconstitutional.
The argument is specious for two reasons.
Our specious present as such is very short.
From which they offer specious conclusions.
This is a specious argument for three reasons.
I think this is a classic example of specious reasoning.
He has made specious comparisons to other conflicts.
This reasoning is more specious than solid.
Think how specious the social clauses are.
This is the mother of all specious arguments.
Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world.
The allegation has been shown to be totally specious.
We have taken your specious evidence under consideration.
But permitting photography in museums is a specious liberty.
And specious stuff that says.
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Philosophers love to call it the specious present.
We have heard specious comparisons before.
Your flattery is obligatory and specious.
That argument is specious and irrelevant.
The argument is subjective and might be considered specious.
The rest is specious and false.
To draw conclusions that are specious and.
It was a specious and beautiful construction for its time.
This was rejected with various specious arguments.
My room was specious just next to the pool.
Unfortunately we are doomed to specious experiences.
Chasing specious conspiracy theories.
The circumstances of her arrest is the hiding specious.
Be not taken in by the specious argument that destruction is needed.
Sorry but your argument is specious.
Specious and tastefully decorated.
This has always been a specious argument.
Specious nonsense which the clever have long known.
Between virtual and real is specious.
Your conclusions are specious extrapolations.
Human fallacies are abundant and specious.
The most specious of all the arguments employed by the.
The only problem was that this was a specious argument.
Russia had adopted the specious principle of a single command.
I think your argument is specious.
He can distinguish between specious rhetoric and a real argument.
The houses are quite specious.
Clean and specious property.
But the answer is specious.
A specious or false premise.
Delays had been created for the most specious of reasons.
If specious means bullshit.
This is a fairly specious charge.
The connection between torture and confession is entirely specious.
Of course this is specious reasoning.
