illegitimate
/ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/[ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt]
noun
- 1
A person born to unmarried parents.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To make illegitimate.
adjective
- 1
Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
- 2
Not in accordance with the law.
- 3
Not sanctioned by marriage.
- 4
Not correctly deduced.
“an illegitimate inference”
- 5
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine.
“an illegitimate word”
- 6
Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
“illegitimate union; illegitimate fertilization”
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