illegitimate
/ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/ adjective C1- Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.
- Not in accordance with the law.
- Not sanctioned by marriage.
- Born to unmarried parents. · an illegitimate child
- Having a child or children with a person to whom one is not married.
- 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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