Spurious and Unctuous

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Spurious adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.

Usage example: claimed that the governor's election-year enthusiasm for conservation was spurious, since he had cut funding for state parks

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Unctuous and spurious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unctuous" instead an adjective "Spurious".

Nearby Word: spuriously

Unctuous adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.

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Spurious and unctuous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Spurious" instead an adjective "Unctuous".

Nearby Word: unctuously

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