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Mir, who works for his father’s legitimate business, completely unaware of the illegitimate one, is the smaller, more compact, more driven brother.

Its policy towards Gaza, it says, was "paradoxical: Hamas was illegitimate, yet there was no effort to develop an alternative".

From BBC

"These sanctions are illegitimate and are not based on any legal or moral foundations," he said.

From BBC

Zelenskyy has shared that he thinks the peace talks are illegitimate, and has promised to reject any deal.

From Salon

In a hearing on Wednesday, the band's lawyer Edmund Cullen KC described the claim as an "illegitimate, artificial and incoherent" attempt "to pin liability on individuals", the PA news agency reported.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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