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insincere
[ in-sin-seer ]
adjective
- not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
Synonyms: , , ,
insincere
/ ˌɪnsɪnˈsɪə; ˌɪnsɪnˈsɛrɪtɪ /
adjective
- lacking sincerity; hypocritical
Derived Forms
- ˌԲˈ, adverb
- insincerity, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ȴ·l adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of insincere1
Example Sentences
She cast the media’s focus on the Signal chat as a grossly overblown distraction, saying, “We are not going to bend in the face of this insincere outrage.”
"We are not going to bend in the face of this insincere outrage," Leavitt told reporters at the White House.
But everyone is at least a little insincere, even the killer, whose mocking arrangements of rose petals and dismembered organs resemble a high school promposal.
It's designed to make their hatred of preventive medicine seem "reasonable," but is insincere, as evidenced by the lack of interest in doing anything substantive to improve public health.
The group had been badly damaged by the assassinations, but the sense of celebration in the Hezbollah-dominated areas of Beirut "cannot be dismissed as insincere", said David Wood, a Lebanon analyst with Crisis Group.
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