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TOEFL BNC: 9724 COCA: 11989

illegitimate

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illegitimate /ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəmət/ adjective
illegitimate
/ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəmət/
adjective
Learner's definition of ILLEGITIMATE
: not legitimate不合法的;非法的;不符合规定的: such as
: born to a father and mother who are not married私生的;非婚生的
: not allowed according to rules or laws不符合规定的;法律不允许的
[more illegitimate; most illegitimate] : not reasonable or fair不合理的;不公平的

— illegitimacy

/ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəməsi/ noun [noncount]

— illegitimately

adverb
TOEFL BNC: 9724 COCA: 11989

illegitimate

adjective

il·​le·​git·​i·​mate ˌi-li-ˈji-tə-mət How to pronounce illegitimate (audio)
1
a
: not recognized as lawful offspring
b
: born of parents not married to each other
2
a
: not sanctioned by law : illegal
b
: not authorized by good usage
c
of a taxon : published but not in accordance with the rules of the relevant international code
3
: not rightly deduced or inferred : illogical
4
: departing from the regular : erratic
illegitimately adverb

Example Sentences

She thinks that my concerns are illegitimate. They were fired from their jobs for illegitimate reasons.
Recent Examples on the Web The trouble with seeing all of the correspondence, some of which dates to the Trump Administration, as inherently illegitimate is that much of it seems to involve actual misinformation. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 From 2001 to 2021, Xiao and Tomorrow gave shares, real estate, cash and other assets to government officials totalling more than 680 million yuan, to evade financial supervision and seek illegitimate benefits, the court said. Reuters, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022 The Russian leader recited his usual complaints about NATO expansion, the threat to Russian security, and illegitimate leadership in Ukraine. Liz Sly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 This unelected, illegitimate regime crossed the line with their GESTAPO raid! Margery A. Beck, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 Complaints over illegitimate massage businesses acting as fronts for prostitution led to a push for statewide licensure. Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 Each has spread falsehoods about fraud and illegitimate ballots, endorsing the failed effort to override the 2020 results and keep former President Donald J. Trump in power. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The Republican Party spent decades arguing that government was corrupt, if not illegitimate, and grew increasingly reliant on right-wing media for the party's messaging. Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022 Aritha Wickramasinghe, an international lawyer, says that many view Mr. Wickremesinghe as an illegitimate president because he wasn’t elected by the people. Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of illegitimate was in 1536
TOEFL BNC: 9724 COCA: 11989
illegitimate

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe不合法consider sth, regard sth as認為⋯不正當ADVERBcompletely根本不正當It is completely illegitimate to argue that the government had no choice.辯稱政府別無選擇完全無法令人信服。

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