different between underhand vs spurious
underhand
English
Etymology
under +? hand
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n?d?(r)-(h)?nd', IPA(key): /??n.d?(?)?(h)ænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
- Hyphenation: un?der?hand
Adjective
underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)
- secret; clandestine
- (by extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
- (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below
Synonyms
- (all): underhanded
- (ball games): underarm
Translations
Adverb
underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)
- with an underhand movement
- in a sly, sneaky or secret manner
Synonyms
- (in a secret manner): underhandedly
Translations
Verb
underhand (third-person singular simple present underhands, present participle underhanding, simple past and past participle underhanded)
- To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
- To trick, deceive or gull.
- (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
Noun
underhand (plural underhands)
- (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
- Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
Anagrams
- unharden'd
underhand From the web:
- what underhanded means
- what underhand serve
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- what is underhand serve in volleyball
- what is underhand receive in badminton
- what is underhand pass in volleyball
- what is underhand throw
spurious
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?spj??.?i.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?spj?.?i.?s/, /?sp?.?i.?s/, /?spj?.?i.?s/
- Rhymes: -???i?s
Adjective
spurious (comparative more spurious, superlative most spurious)
- False, not authentic, not genuine.
- His argument was spurious and had no validity.
- 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[1]
- We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.
- Extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted.
- I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
- Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.
- (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
Synonyms
- (false): counterfeit, fake, false, bogus
- See also Thesaurus:fake
- See also Thesaurus:illegitimate
Antonyms
- (false): genuine, representative
Derived terms
- spuriosity
- spuriously
- spuriousness
Translations
See also
- specious
spurious From the web:
- what spurious meaning
- what's spurious relationships
- what's spurious correlation
- what spurious synonym
- what spurious correlation means
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- spurious what does this mean
- what is spurious regression
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