illegitimate
/ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/
noun
Meaning
A person born to unmarried parents.
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verb
Meaning
To make illegitimate.
adjective
Meaning
Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
Not in accordance with the law.
Not sanctioned by marriage.
Not correctly deduced.
"an illegitimate inference"
Not authorized by good usage; not genuine.
"an illegitimate word"
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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