as in fake
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
the insincere compliments of a spiteful gossip
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Recent Examples of insincere
Honest criticism is rude, and insincere praise is — well, insincere.
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Don’t force trendy slang that feels insincere for your brand.
—Noa Eshed, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The yuppie as a cultural construction is a fundamentally conservative specimen cloaked in insincere liberal posturing.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But there was also backlash: If a piece of writing appears insincere or stilted, receivers are quick to claim the author used AI.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
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Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Don’t force trendy slang that feels insincere for your brand.
—Noa Eshed, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The yuppie as a cultural construction is a fundamentally conservative specimen cloaked in insincere liberal posturing.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
But there was also backlash: If a piece of writing appears insincere or stilted, receivers are quick to claim the author used AI.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 1 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for insincere
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincere
Adjective
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These platforms sell complete phishing kits—web hosting, SMS delivery systems, fake landing pages, encryption tools—to other cybercriminals who want to run scams at scale.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Nancy Marks, Santos’ former campaign treasurer, admitted to filing bogus campaign finance reports filled with fake donors and a fake $500,000 personal loan from Santos.—
Philip Marcelo,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Because, with the Celtics all but promised to finish second in the Eastern Conference, these games at the end of the regular season are essentially meaningless from a win-loss standpoint.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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But in the stacks of the Alderman Library on the campus of the University of Virginia, the pencil and ink on the carrel shelf looked like nothing more than meaningless graffiti to almost everyone—except Professor Lise Dobrin and her students.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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By that same time next year, Munn had a nipple delay procedure, lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy, and reconstructive surgery.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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By the time Survivor’s post-merge double elimination episode was complete, only one original Vula member stood to live another day.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Her framework moves beyond superficial advice, addressing the root causes of insecurity while offering practical tools for lasting change.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Due to its mild alkaline (acid-reducing) effect and abrasive texture, baking soda can help remove superficial stains and reduce bacteria in the mouth.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After Wednesday’s speech, some critics went online to accuse the governor of being hypocritical for making that charge against Trump in light of his pandemic actions.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Phil Lyman, a former state representative and Trump supporter who challenged Mr. Cox for governor last year, said politicians like Mr. Cox were hypocritical.—
Kellen Browning,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2022
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What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.—
Sam Sacks,
WSJ,
11 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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By After Testing Over 30 Best Sellers By Siena Gagliano Unlike balms, which can make lip color slide around, a primer locks it in while keeping lips soft and comfortable.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
2 Mar. 2025
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For lip color, reach for the Merit Beauty Signature lipsticks.—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This now rings insultingly hollow— in 2021 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed that the company, soon renamed Meta, did in fact have the tools to effectively halt the spread of dangerous disinformation on everything from politics to medicine.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
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This is also why the contemporaneous criticisms of the picture as style over substance ring so hollow today.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Insincere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insincere. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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