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Specious in a sentence

Specious meaning

  1. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
  2. Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
  3. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.

Synonyms of Specious

spurious false gilded meretricious insincere

Related words

Other words often associated with Specious or its synonyms:

counterfeit imitative chromatic rich fulsome woman gimcrack trumped-up golden opulent sycophantic unctuous

Using Specious

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: spurious, false, gilded, meretricious.
  • In the example corpus, specious often appears in combinations such as: specious and, the specious, specious claims.

Context around Specious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

spread 1× evidently 1× misinformation 1× likely 1× overwhelmingly 1× seems 1× endangered 1×

Often after:

claims 2× question 1× benefits 1× assurance 1× argument 1× legal 1× grounds 1× puff 1× exercise 1× rah 1×

Sentence patterns with Specious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

along the specious assurance from 1× are likely specious 1× argument seems specious 1× be on specious grounds 1× be overwhelmingly specious 1× call him specious and said 1× canceled for specious reasons 1× endangered specious such as 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and their eventual 1× asked friday about 1× biden also said 1× disinformation on x 1× endangered specious such 1× governor cuomo and 1×

Common sentence endings:

a specious exercise 1× assassination as staged 1× be overwhelmingly specious 1× convenience or ambition 1× ed s action 1× for specious reasons 1×

Words around Specious

Just before it in the word index:

speciosus 2 speciosa 6 specimens 432 specimen 371 specifying 217 specify 793

Just after it in the word index:

speck 64 specker 4 specking 2 speckle 27 speckled 39 speckles 16

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbeys 42 abundances 42 aced 42 ackman 42 actinides 42 adeboye 42

Corpus analysis for Specious

  • In this selection, "specious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, spread, evidently, misinformation, claims, question and benefits stand out and add context to how "specious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include along the specious assurance from and are likely specious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "specious" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with specious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This argument seems specious. (4 words)

It is a specious argument. (5 words)

Such accounts are likely specious. (5 words)

Longer example sentences

Governor Cuomo and his ilk are counting on the fact that we can be induced to abandon the rightful principles of our freedom in exchange for the specious “right” to murder our posterity for the sake of lust, convenience or ambition. (41 words)

As we have said all along, the specious assurance from the Eccles Building that the financial system is sound because banks have been passing their ludicrously rigged “stress test” was malarkey of the first order. (35 words)

President Donald Trump is trying to turn America's free and fair election into a muddled mess of misinformation, specious legal claims and baseless attacks on the underpinnings of the nation's democracy. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Disinformation on X, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok appeared to be amplified by inauthentic accounts — bots that spread specious claims with hashtags describing the assassination as staged.

It continues to be so now that the focus has shifted to the evidently specious question of compensation.

The former chief minister said a perusal of the grounds of arrest shows they are specious and cannot justify the ED’s action.

And their eventual collapse will fall upon future generations, who will know nothing of their specious benefits but will feel the full impact of their economic destruction.

As we have said all along, the specious assurance from the Eccles Building that the financial system is sound because banks have been passing their ludicrously rigged “stress test” was malarkey of the first order.

It is a specious argument.

President Donald Trump is trying to turn America's free and fair election into a muddled mess of misinformation, specious legal claims and baseless attacks on the underpinnings of the nation's democracy.

Such accounts are likely specious.

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Asked Friday about that stance, he said, “The grounds for them to call me would be overwhelmingly specious.

Biden also said any attempt to subpoena him would be on “specious” grounds.

He called the grounds to call him „specious“ and said he didn’t think it would play out that he would be called.

It must be tricky churning out 2000 words of specious puff with Johnson’s balls in your mouth.

McLellan is quick to point out that comparing mechanical and electronic devices is often a specious exercise.

Pres. Trump repeated several specious claims about the whistleblower whose allegations spurred the impeachment inquiry as he stood before reporters at the White House.

The specious rah-rah Marvel Cinematic Universe is the well-deserved Goliath of modern day superhero material thanks to unparalleled commercial success and a consistent run of critical acclaim.

This argument seems specious.

This video, as specious as it is, won’t inspire confidence.

Trump should profusely apologize to the incoming Harvard freshman from Lebanon whose visa to the U.S. was canceled for specious reasons.

Endangered specious such as the Mexican and Red wolves will find their populations and ranges - even access to water -severed.

Governor Cuomo and his ilk are counting on the fact that we can be induced to abandon the rightful principles of our freedom in exchange for the specious “right” to murder our posterity for the sake of lust, convenience or ambition.

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Common combinations with specious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "specious" in a sentence?
An example: "Disinformation on X, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok appeared to be amplified by inauthentic accounts — bots that spread specious claims with hashtags describing the assassination as staged." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "specious" from authentic English texts.
What does "specious" mean?
Specious means: Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
What are synonyms of "specious"?
Common synonyms of "specious" include: spurious, false, gilded, meretricious, insincere.
How many example sentences with "specious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "specious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.