insincere
- not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
Origin of insincere
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disingenuous, deceitful, hypocritical, phony, evasive, untruthful, devious, false, backhanded, deceptive, double, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, fake, hollow, lying, mendacious, perfidious, pretentiousExamples from the Web for insincere
Contemporary Examples of insincere
A genuine show of celebrity rudeness, followed by an insincere PR performance?
An Analysis of Vitalii Sediuk’s Pranks (He’s the Guy Who Touched Brad Pitt)Amy Zimmerman
May 29, 2014
Hormel publicly dismissed it as insincere and politically motivated.
How the Chuck Hagel Fight Changed the American Jewish Landscape in WashingtonJ. J. Goldberg
August 20, 2013
“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.
Historical Examples of insincere
This feeling was intensified by the belief that Swift, as a clergyman, was insincere.
De Libris: Prose and VerseAustin Dobson
An insincere profession will be distinguished by partiality in its observances.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
Was it not, perhaps, wise to have been insincere in such a matter?
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
He is a foreigner, with the soft, insincere ways that I cannot like nor trust.
Against OddsLawrence L. Lynch
That the worshipper should be insincere in his worship was too dreadful to think of.
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
insincere
- lacking sincerity; hypocritical