ILLEGITIMATE definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of illegitimate in English

(Definition of illegitimate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of illegitimate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of illegitimate

illegitimate
Yet the illiberal temptation to declare the other side's position to be illegitimate is ever-present.
If a player is engaged in legitimate and illegitimate activity and its money supply is cut off, both activities go down the tubes.
They consider the government wholly illegitimate, refuse any negotiations with the government, and call for the establishment of a republic.
But, the polo shirt, along with its illegitimate cousin, the short sleeve dress shirt, dominates among all other strata of white collar workers.
When a community perceives a justice system as illegitimate, it can be harder for police to solve crimes because witnesses are unwilling to come forward.
He makes no distinctions between different parts of the media, simply blasting the entire institution as illegitimate and irrelevant.
You have to remember that these children were illegitimate children as they were known at the time.
From NPR
Essentially, he is saying in advance that the election is illegitimate rather than challenging the results after signs of wrongdoing once the votes are counted.
From CNN
Egyptian law stipulates that if a woman gives birth outside legal marriage, the child is illegitimate and is not considered fully eligible for social services.
The first an illegitimate king (uncle), and the second a distant, trickster king.
Before it was halted, the review had found a quarter-million wrongful foreclosures and 1.2 million homeowners who had successfully fought off an illegitimate foreclosure.
Both are clearly illegitimate and likely seek to obtain sensitive information for nefarious uses.
Specifically, the law at issue preferred "legitimate" children to "illegitimate" children in distributing worker's compensation benefits upon the death of a parent.
Cool means departing from norms that we consider unnecessary, illegitimate, or repressive -- but also doing so in ways that are bounded.
That just shows that this article is illegitimate and purely based on previous assumptions of the artist.
From TIME
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Translations of illegitimate

in Chinese (Traditional)
非婚生的,私生的, 非法的, 不公的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
非婚生的,私生的, 非法的, 不公的…
in Spanish
ilegítimo, ilegítimo/ima [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
ilegítimo, ilegítimo/-ma…
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evlilik dışı çocuk, gayri meşru çocuk, yasadışı…
illégitime…
非嫡出(ひちゃくしゅつ)の…
onwettig, onrechtmatig…
nemanželský, nezákonný…
uægte, uretmæssig, ulovlig…
haram, tidak diterima…
ซึ่งเป็นลูกนอกสมรส, ซึ่งผิดกฎหมาย…
đẻ hoang, không chính đáng…
nieślubny, bezprawny, nieprawny…
illegitim, utomäktenskaplig, olaglig…
anak luar nikah, tidak diterima…
unehelich, unrechtmäßig…
utenomekteskapelig, født utenfor ekteskap, uekte…
незаконнонароджений, незаконний, нелегітимний…
незаконнорожденный, незаконный…
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