Summary
specious {adjective}
spécieux · spécieuse · trompeur · spécieux · captieux
Synonyms
specious: gilded · meretricious · spurious
English-French translation for "specious"
"specious" French translation
specious {adjective}
I submit that it is specious to suggest that these people do not work.
As we all know that has been proven to be completely specious.
I would simply like to remind the house that the argument of the federal minister seems rather specious.
The facts alone — not specious or false argumentation concocted by Israel — can exonerate Israel.
Senator Lynch-Staunton: You are being specious.
This specious distinction implies that the States exist without reference to the will of their citizens.
This is a specious distinction, which even the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market could not support.
The distinction sometimes drawn between reproductive and therapeutic cloning seemed specious.
The idea that developing countries are struggling to retain economic sovereignty was therefore considered specious.
The Panel's argument, apparently so persuasive, was in fact specious.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "specious":
© Princeton Universitygilded · meretricious · spurious
Usage examples
Usage examples for "specious" in French
Drawing such a parallel is specious and, at a pedagogical level, dangerous: does anybody seriously think that terrorists arrive in Europe on board makeshift boats?
Pursuant to the current demarche, Italy expects that the Monitoring Group's report will reflect the real situation rather than the specious interpretations of the Monitoring Group.
Initiatives to promote regional disarmament cannot be put on hold on the specious ground that only global approaches can ensure meaningful disarmament.
The argument that they should be funded under general temporary assistance is, in the opinion of the Advisory Committee, specious and therefore they should be charged against established posts.
To that end, it was necessary to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the authentic principles of the religions in question, so as to be able to counter the specious arguments used by such movements.
I sympathise with all those people who have been taken in by the scaremongering and utterly specious arguments that have emanated from the company concerned.
Similar words
species · specific · specifically · specification · specifications · specificity · specifics · specified · specimen · specimens · specious · speck · specked · speckled · specs · spectacle · spectacled · spectacles · spectacular · spectator · specter
More translations in the Polish-English dictionary.