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unauthentic

  • a word derived from authentic.
    authentic
    adjective
    not false or copied; genuine; real.

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It’s frustrating to watch a show that features the word “real” in the title become so manufactured and unauthentic.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2025

"She's just so fake, so plastic, so manufactured, very unauthentic, and that has always been my assessment about Taylor Swift."

From Salon Oct. 4, 2023

Detractors may favor the similar treatment done recently at Trump Links Ferry Point in the Bronx, because Dick indulged in unauthentic features like a bunker in the shape of an anchor.

From Golf Digest Jan. 9, 2018

“If you look at Katy Perry’s music, she’s auto-tuned and about as unauthentic as its possible to be,” Kramer said.

From The Guardian Oct. 25, 2015

There was never a Claimant that couldn't get a hearing, nor one that couldn't accumulate a rapturous following, no matter how flimsy and apparently unauthentic his claim might be.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain