Hyphenation of spurious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word spurious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

spu-ri-ous

Definitions of spurious:

1.	Plausible but false A specious claim Spurious inferences
2.	Born out of wedlock The dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring- E.A.Freeman
3.	Intended to deceive A spurious work of art

Synonyms of spurious:

adj	specious, invalid
adj	bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, illegitimate
adj	inauthentic, unauthentic, counterfeit, imitative

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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