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insincere

[ in-sin-seer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
Synonyms: two-faced, guileful, disingenuous, deceitful

insincere

/ ˌɪnsɪnˈsɪə; ˌɪnsɪnˈsɛrɪtɪ /

1625–35; < Latin insincērus tainted, dishonest; in- ³, sincere

A genuine show of celebrity rudeness, followed by an insincere PR performance?

Hormel publicly dismissed it as insincere and politically motivated.

“You are a great man,” Arafat said, turning on his insincere, oleaginous charm.

On the 47 percent, to whom Romney “apologized” in the most staged and insincere manner possible.

In the most recent Frum-Tomasky dialogue, David argued that Obama's opposition to same sex marriage was insincere.

The protestations of Mr. O'Connell were as insincere as his statements were historically untrue.

It was so evident that the Chinese commissioner was insincere, that hostilities recommenced on the 7th of January.

I never saw the man, though she gave me a long history of the affair, to which I listened with a forced and insincere sympathy.

His political ideas were beneath contempt; they were insincere, as he proved, and they were merely an excuse for riot.

It might be said that the word sincere is a proof of love, and insincere a proof of falsehood.

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