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    spurious

    US /ˈspjʊriəs/

    ・

    UK /ˈspjʊəriəs/

    C1TOEIC
    adj.AdjectiveThat seems possible, but is actually false
    Our team demolished the opposition's spurious arguments

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    Benedict Cumberbatch reads the best cover letter ever written

    01:51Benedict Cumberbatch reads the best cover letter ever written
    • I like spurious, black-is-white words such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demimonde.

      I like spurious, black-is-white words such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demimonde.

    • I like spurious, black-as-white words such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demi-mande.

      I like spurious, black-as-white words such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demi-mande.

    B2

    This ≠ That

    03:45This ≠ That
    • You can check out his website or his book "Spurious Correlations" for more peculiar examples.

      You can check out his website or his book "Spurious Correlations" for more peculiar examples.

    • You can check out his website or his book "Spurious Correlations" for more peculiar examples

      You can check out his website or his book "Spurious Correlations" for more peculiar examples

    B1

    [HD] Steve Jobs iPhone Keynote 2007 [English subtitle]

    19:10[HD] Steve Jobs iPhone Keynote 2007 [English subtitle]
    • do you want to do that well one to save battery but - so you don't get spurious

      do you want to do that well one to save battery but - so you don't get spurious

    • two, so you don't get spurious inputs from your face into the touch screen.

      two, so you don't get spurious inputs from your face into the touch screen.

    B1

    How Donald Trump Answers A Question

    06:54How Donald Trump Answers A Question
    • As a lifelong salesman, he has a huckster's knack for selling a feeling, even if the ideas and facts that underscore it are spurious, racist, or just plain incomprehensible.

      As a lifelong salesman, he has a huckster's knack for selling a feeling, even if the ideas and facts that underscore it are spurious, racist, or just plain incomprehensible.

    • even if the ideas and facts that underscore it are spurious, racist or just plain incomprehensible

      even if the ideas and facts that underscore it are spurious, racist or just plain incomprehensible

    B1

    Dagster Data Orchestration 10 min walkthrough

    10:28Dagster Data Orchestration 10 min walkthrough
    • And that means that you're only going to get notified when data sets are outside of the SLAs that actually matter to stakeholders and not get notified based on spurious failures that are automatically recoverable.

      And that means that you're only going to get notified when data sets are outside of the SLAs that actually matter to stakeholders and not get notified based on spurious failures that are automatically recoverable.

    • And that means that you're only going to get notified when data sets are outside of the SLAs that actually matter to stakeholders and not get notified based on spurious failures that are automatically recoverable.

      And that means that you're only going to get notified when data sets are outside of the SLAs that actually matter to stakeholders and not get notified based on spurious failures that are automatically recoverable.

    B1

    Silicon Valley | Season 5 | The Best of Jian-Yang

    08:05Silicon Valley | Season 5 | The Best of Jian-Yang
    • You mean your incubator's spurious knockoffs of legitimate American businesses?

      You mean your incubator's spurious knockoffs of legitimate American businesses?

    • Spurious knockoffs of legitimate American businesses.

      Spurious knockoffs of legitimate American businesses.

    B1

    The search for aliens is shifting its criteria | Sara Seager

    03:08The search for aliens is shifting its criteria | Sara Seager
    • So one idea is people like to look for anomalies, like you look in data for spurious signals, signals that aren't something that we normally see.

      So one idea is people like to look for anomalies, like you look in data for spurious signals, signals that aren't something that we normally see.

    • Like, you look in data for spurious signals, signals that aren't something that we normally see.

      Like, you look in data for spurious signals, signals that aren't something that we normally see.

    B1

    How Lava Reacts To Crystals, Water, Ice, And Metal | Science Skills

    05:18How Lava Reacts To Crystals, Water, Ice, And Metal | Science Skills
    • Researchers believe that if Psyche has volcanoes, they may be metal-based—features called ferro volcanoes that spit up metal instead of silica rock, or spurious ferro volcanoes which combine the two.

      Researchers believe that if Psyche has volcanoes, they may be metal-based—features called ferro volcanoes that spit up metal instead of silica rock, or spurious ferro volcanoes which combine the two.

    • Researchers believe that if Psyche has volcanoes, they may be metal-based, features called ferro volcanoes that spit up metal instead of silica rock, or spurious ferro volcanoes which combine the two.

      Researchers believe that if Psyche has volcanoes, they may be metal-based, features called ferro volcanoes that spit up metal instead of silica rock, or spurious ferro volcanoes which combine the two.

    B2

    Barbara Oakley | Learning How to Learn | Talks at Google

    08:42Barbara Oakley | Learning How to Learn | Talks at Google
    • Research has lately shown that techniques for speed reading are actually they're a little bit it seems somewhat spurious.

      Research has lately shown that techniques for speed reading are actually they're a little bit it seems somewhat spurious.

    • somewhat spurious.

      somewhat spurious.

    A2

    Who are you to say that?

    04:09Who are you to say that?
    • so. Kings and dictators would justify their abuses by spurious notions of their inherent right to authority.

      so. Kings and dictators would justify their abuses by spurious notions of their inherent right to authority.

    • Kings and dictators would justify their abuses by spurious notions of their inherent right to authority.

      Kings and dictators would justify their abuses by spurious notions of their inherent right to authority.

    B1