inauthentic

[ in-aw-then-tik ]

/ ˌɪn ɔˈθɛn tɪk /

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adjective

not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.

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Origin of inauthentic

First recorded in 1855–60; in-³ + authentic

OTHER WORDS FROM inauthentic

in·au·then·ti·cal·ly, adverbin·au·then·tic·i·ty

[in-aw-then-tis-i-tee, -thuhn-], /ˌɪn ɔ θɛnˈtɪs ɪ ti, -θən-/, noun

Words nearby inauthentic

inaugural, inaugurate, inauguration, Inauguration Day, inauspicious, inauthentic, in a walk, in a way, in a while, in a word, in a world of one's own

How to use inauthentic in a sentence

The new team focused more narrowly on so-called “scripted inauthentic activity”—fake likes and shares produced by automated bots and used to drive up someone’s popularity.
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.|Karen Hao|July 29, 2021|MIT Technology Review
As a result, we’ve already taken down more than 150 networks of coordinated inauthentic behavior … Combatting coordinated inauthentic behavior is our priority.
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.|Karen Hao|July 29, 2021|MIT Technology Review
A few months later, Facebook created a new “inauthentic behavior policy” to ban fake pages masquerading as users.
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.|Karen Hao|July 29, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Eleftheriou said in an interview that he analyzed the ratings of those apps and discovered patterns suggesting they were inauthentic.
Maker of keyboard apps for the blind sues Apple, claiming anticompetitive behavior|Reed Albergotti|March 18, 2021|Washington Post

The platforms said that the fake accounts were participating in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” to target public discourse before the election.
Uganda’s election is a key moment for the splinternet in Africa|Odanga Madung|February 10, 2021|Quartz
The whole point of “going native” is that the familiar Western civilization is portrayed as inauthentic, ugly, broken, flawed.
Who Died and Made You Khaleesi? Privilege, White Saviors, and the Elusive Male Feminist Who Doesn’t Suck|Arthur Chu|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The former accused him of cooking inauthentic Mexican food; the latter accused him of cooking inauthentic Tex-Mex.
The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex-Mex?|Andrew Romano|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(That immediately rendered the product's marketing shots inauthentic at best—think phone charger meets flash drive).
Google Chromecast Enables Web Streaming Over Television|Brian Ries|July 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It has been pointed out to me—sometimes in a mean way—that my experience as a Jew is inauthentic.
A Jewish American In Paris|Euny Hong|January 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And the president has to be himself too, not the sudden apparition of an inauthentic pol.
Washington’s Endless Civil War|Robert Shrum|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The wit isn't dull, and the serious intention, hid in those mummy wrappings, is not inauthentic.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II|Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British Dictionary definitions for inauthentic

inauthentic

/ (ˌɪnɔːˈθɛntɪk) /

adjective

not authentic; false

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