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illegitimate adjective [ ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmət ]

• not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.
• "defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices"
Similar: illegal, unlawful, illicit, against the law, criminal, lawbreaking, actionable, felonious, unlicensed, unauthorized, unsanctioned, unwarranted, unofficial, banned, forbidden, barred, prohibited, outlawed, interdicted, proscribed, not allowed, not permitted, against the rules, contraband, black-market, under the counter, bootleg, fraudulent, corrupt, dishonest, dishonourable, verboten, malfeasant, crooked, shady, bent, dodgy,
Opposite: legitimate, lawful,
• (of a child) born of parents not lawfully married to each other.
Similar: born out of wedlock, born of unmarried parents, love, unfathered, bastard, natural, misbegotten, baseborn, spurious, nameless, adulterine,
Opposite: legitimate,

illegitimate noun

• a person who is illegitimate by birth.
Origin: mid 16th century: from late Latin illegitimus (from in- ‘not’ + legitimus ‘lawful’), suggested by legitimate.


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