supposititious

An archaic adjective meaning fraudulently substituted or spurious; not genuine.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das betrügerisch untergeschoben oder gefälscht bedeutet; unecht, nicht echt.

1. Based on conjecture C2 formal

   Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; hypothetical.

   • The theory is entirely supposititious and lacks any factual basis.
   • His argument rested on supposititious claims about the event.
   • The historian dismissed the account as supposititious.

   🇩🇪Hypothetisch

   Synonyme: conjecturalhypotheticalputativespeculativesupposedtheoretical

   Antonyme: actualcertainconfirmeddemonstratedestablishedevidencedfactualprovedrealsupportedtrueverified

• more supposititious comparative form
• most supposititious superlative form