Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not sincere; not genuine.
- adjective Habitually phony or dishonest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not genuine; unsound; imperfect.
- Not sincere in character; making a false or hypocritical show of opinions or feelings.
- Not sincere in quality; simulated; deceptive; false.
- Synonyms Disingenuous, uncandid, double-faced, hollow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc..
- adjective obsolete Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.
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- adjective not
sincere - adjective not
serious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking sincerity
Etymologies
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Examples
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PARIS Reuters - The French media scorned what it called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual political comeback.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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PARIS Reuters - The French media scorned what it called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual political comeback.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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The father and daughter behind France's main far-right party have taken aim at conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for what they called his insincere tribute to Joan of Arc.
The Seattle Times 2012
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PARIS - The father and daughter behind France's main far-right party have taken aim at conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for what they called his insincere tribute to Joan of Arc.
www.startribune.com 2012
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PARIS Reuters - The French media scorned what it called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual political comeback.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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PARIS Reuters - The French media scorned what it called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual political comeback.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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The parents, who met Monday night, say they are frustrated with what they call insincere apologies and attempts to put the onus of the presentation on the students.
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That the pattern was arbitrary, theatrical, sentimental, somewhat meretricious in design, in a word insincere like its inventor, has been repeated at due intervals ever since 1868.
The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Bliss Perry 1907
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I admit that it was so, though I will not admit without a protest that the word insincere should be applied to him as describing his character generally.
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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I admit that it was so, though I will not admit without a protest that the word insincere should be applied to him as describing his character generally.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
juannerima commented on the word insincere
Describes my ex, most sincerely.
June 24, 2022