They realized that the sales pitch was specious when the company suddenly went out of business. From LearnThat.org.
A specious claim. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She is what I call a specious pig, and why she wanted to send me a Christmas card I simply can't imagine. From Wordnik.com. [About Peggy Saville] Reference
But it does apparently open the gates to what might be called specious critiques. From Wordnik.com. [Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] Reference
Feb. 15 omitting cost-savings items that the board has called specious or too risky. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Mathews should know better than to make this kind of specious cause and effect argument. From Wordnik.com. [When Will WaPo Move Jay Mathews to the Opinion Pages?] Reference
These concerns are "specious," according to Schachter, in a long comment on the web post of the story. From Wordnik.com. [Curtis Black: The New York Times in Chicago: Under the Influence?] Reference
Nor do I agree that it is "specious" to apply ethnographic methods such as inventories or recorded "days" to slum-dwellers. From Wordnik.com. [Cuba and Oscar Lewis: An Exchange] Reference
Sunlight full of dust motes streamed in through the nearest window and glinted off his pale hair, giving him a kind of specious halo. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
I loved your word, "specious", characterizing his argument. From Wordnik.com. [Tammy Bruce] Reference
He saw US planning and use of our dedicated soldiers as "specious,". From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
I trust you do not consider them "specious" because they differ from yours. From Wordnik.com. [Jackson Free Press - Breaking News] Reference
James Orbinski, the co-founder of Dignitas, said that is a "specious" argument. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
David S. Broder: Patience, timing go together Editorial: Rationale for petition secrecy 'specious'. From Wordnik.com. [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference
I know, I know ... it sounded kind of specious to me, too, until she shared some examples that made me go, "Hmmmm.". From Wordnik.com. [The Night Writer] Reference
And every kind of specious racial, economic, cultural and class division has been thrown into the mix to add to its toxicity. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex] Reference
And every kind of specious racial, economic, cultural and class division has been thrown into the mix to add to its toxicity. From Wordnik.com. [Sierra Faith] Reference
Upon his honour, as he said, she was as clever and "specious" a woman -- this was his odd expression -- as he had ever seen in his life. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Muse] Reference
His arguments remain specious. From Wordnik.com. [Behe and Theistic Evolution] Reference
"specious" and "reflect fundamental ignorance about how science and scientific publishing work.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
This kind of specious reasoning from Chris is so foolish it’s hard to imagine how he can face himself in the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Jonah Goldberg: Concerns About Climate Change Are ‘Millenarian Battiness’] Reference
The question of who lost China is, of course, specious. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Who Lost Russia' Debate] Reference
"He is a specious beggar; she will marry him all the same.". From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
This specious line of reasoning has fallen flat for 50 years. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Pentagon Spending -- Music Goes Round, and Round...] Reference
But a candid Army manpower officer calls that argument specious. From Wordnik.com. [War Stories: Wartime Stress] Reference
Last month there was a specious congressional debate on withdrawal. From Wordnik.com. [The War as Wedge Issue] Reference
We will no doubt hear specious arguments all night that we can't afford this. From Wordnik.com. [Yale Political Union: YPU debates "Resolved: Repeal Obamacare" with Karl Rove (2010/09/07)] Reference
There is no historical evidence that such an argument is anything but specious. From Wordnik.com. [Another Olympic Scandal Brewing?] Reference
That instance aside, Will's arguments throughout are specious, if not seditious. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL AND CORRECTIONS] Reference
(A couple of tours in war-torn trouble spots made that more than a specious concern.). From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Family Traditions] Reference
Demagoguery, racial politics and specious arguments are fair game as long as they work. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Cesca: The Summer of Republican Race-Baiting] Reference
However, we must discuss the merits of the decision, not specious arguments about judicial bias. From Wordnik.com. [Aaron Zelinsky: Why Judge Walker's Sexuality Doesn't Matter] Reference
Neither trade-off seems especially justified in order to confer a specious "right" to wear a burqa. From Wordnik.com. [To Ban the Burqa] Reference
Prodigality in bestowing the label "right" is a tactic to give specious dignity to unbridled desires. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Of A Good Thing?] Reference
Tuttle, and published under the specious guise of "Health Order," to drive the slaves back to their masters. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
I thought I heard one of those specious ooopses in the "" snafu '' explanations last week, but we shall see. From Wordnik.com. ['The White House Wants'] Reference
There's a respectable case for a U. S.-led invasion of Haiti, and some of the arguments against it are specious. From Wordnik.com. [Yes, There Is A National Interest] Reference
McArdle gets her facts wrong, deploys specious reasoning, and published a public embarrassment for The Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [Zach Carter: There Are Zero Good Reasons To Block Elizabeth Warren] Reference
It is easy to bring objections against each form of government, just as it is easy to say something specious in its favor. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Dr. Boyd didn't win settlements based on a few minutes of edited video and some carefully crafted, specious and inflammatory rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Gunther: With All Eyes on the Sherrod Story, Black Farmers Still Wait (and Wait) For Justice] Reference
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