Definition of inauthentic
: not authentic
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Examples of inauthentic in a Sentence
an inauthentic warbonnet that was probably made in an overseas factory a few months ago
Recent Examples of inauthentic from the Web
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From its increasingly difficult obstacle courses to its inspirational contestants to the genuine awe and excitement of announcers Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, nothing on the series feels forced or inauthentic.
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Of those 835 products, more than half of the first 30 reviews were from the Vine program, according to ReviewMeta.com, an online tool that helps customers identify inauthentic reviews.
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Hillary Clinton also made compromises to further both her own ambitions and her husband's, compromises for which she is now being tarred as inauthentic and untrustworthy.
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None of that here in the pretentious, inauthentic speech of an ungrammatical kid.
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To realize this, continually, is to truly live authentically in an inauthentic age.
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As of press time, Twitter continues to ignore calls for a new kind of report: one that alleges inauthentic or troll-farm activity.
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Technology is often perceived or believed to be objective and unbiased, so being wrongly categorized by an algorithm would emphasize the misconception that a transgender identity is inauthentic.
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And just this week, Facebook removed a popular Black Lives Matter page after it was discovered to be inauthentic.
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First Known Use of inauthentic
1860
inauthentic Synonyms
Synonyms
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, forged, phony (also phoney), sham, spurious, unauthentic;
Related Words
artificial, factitious, imitation, man-made, mimic, mock, simulated, substitute, synthetic;
dummy, nonfunctioning, ornamental;
INAUTHENTIC Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of inauthentic for English Language Learners
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: not real, accurate, or sincere : not authentic
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