specious in English
a specious argument
Use "specious" in a sentence
1. His reasoning is specious.
2. This is also specious.
3. We wouldn't accept his specious claim.
4. Such talk is actually specious and groundless.
5. Let us not be misled by such specious arguments.
6. Such talk, however plausible, is actually specious and groundless.
7. He deserves credit for resisting specious gambles in September.
8. Appearing: See: apparent , colorable , evident , ostensible , perceivable , presumptive , specious
9. Moreover, even sophisticated statistical analysis can sometimes yield specious results.
10. His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.
11. But the recently and falls caused the base appear somewhat specious.
12. Sam is a specious fellow and carries two faces under on hood.
13. His dishonest actions showed him to be nothing but a specious hypocrite.
14. Be opposite at the same time certain specious viewpoint undertakes an analysis.
15. Every position has been successfully undermined and abandoned on specious and plausible excuses.
16. In the Middle East crisis de Gaulle adopted a specious and unpopular neutrality.
17. 25 It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments.
18. Even so, the size-and-weight-of-head argument is a rather specious one.
19. Affected: See: bogus , formal , grandiose , histrionic , inclined , interested , orgulous , orotund , pretentious , proud , specious , tartuffish
20. The procedure of thin layer chromatography-spectrophotometry analysis of total triterpene in Lagerstroemia specious L.
21. Rooms are commodious, comfortaBle and airy, each with a specious roofed Balcony overlooking the sea.
22. So a dangerous tolerance of error and a specious attitude of humility towards truth has arisen.
23. Deceptive elements infiltrated the congregations and, with clever, specious arguments, slowly undermined the zeal of many members.
24. All that is needed is a positive approach and an end to the specious fear of isolation.
25. There was a specious ease about everything, like the moment just before something was going to explode.
26. The hasty flight to apparently universal rules often gives philosophical notions only a specious air of universality.
27. In the history of ideas, it is always specious to divide matters into a before and an after.
28. Casuistry definition, specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry
29. The procedure of thin layer chromatography-spectrophotometry analysis of total triterpene in Lagerstroemia specious L. leaf was investigated in this paper.
30. The result shows that total triterpenes of Lagerstroemia specious L could promote the glucose consumption and inhibit the fat formation. Total triter...
31. (Acts 20:30) If we keep listening to subtle arguments and specious reasoning, “twisted things” can sound as though they were straight.
32. It also casts doubt upon some specious concepts and points out that it"s not realistic to overstress communicative competence while underestimating linguistic competence."
33. We have seen in the 1267 Committee and sometimes even in the FATF how specious arguments are advanced to block action on ostensibly technical grounds.
34. How many times, after an equivoque, after the specious and treacherous reasoning of egotism, had he heard his irritated conscience cry in his ear: "A trip!
35. In order to study the effects of total triterpenes of Lagerstroemia specious L on metabolism of glucose and fat in 3T3-L1 cells and the possible mechanism of its hypoglycemic activity.
36. Your post does not even adress mine, therefore is as you so Blovious, specious and eloquently say "pure garbage" Somtimes you have to call a spade (your post), a spade (pure garbage)
37. Atomised Michel Houellebecq, trs Frank Wynne (Vintage, £6.99) Buy it at a discount at BOL The friends of Michel Houellebecq: Bruno is the id to Michel's ego, if you want to use specious terms
38. The resurrection of the dead in The Winter's Tale and The Tempest Even further, at one telling moment, St ephen Avouches a specious fact quite on purpose ("Don't tell them he was nine years old when [the firedrake] was quenched")
39. Casuistry: 1 n argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading Type of: argument , argumentation , line , line of reasoning , logical argument a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning n moral philosophy based on the application of general