as in counterfeit
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
an inauthentic warbonnet that was probably made in an overseas factory a few months ago
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Recent Examples of inauthentic
That works for him, and anything else would be inauthentic.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
One lovely sequence sees an outdoor lunch at the lodge turn into an impromptu dance party with a live musician singing some cheerfully inauthentic bossa nova.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
Natalie's observation that the actor came across as inauthentic in the breakfast room only sealed his fate, despite his faithfulness.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2026
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
One lovely sequence sees an outdoor lunch at the lodge turn into an impromptu dance party with a live musician singing some cheerfully inauthentic bossa nova.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
Natalie's observation that the actor came across as inauthentic in the breakfast room only sealed his fate, despite his faithfulness.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inauthentic
Adjective
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The company has built a large-scale reference library of authentic, altered and counterfeit cards to train machine learning systems that flag irregularities during grading.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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With demand running high, counterfeit versions have flooded the market, and the company is urging shoppers to be careful.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Ferro was arrested in May 2025 and found in possession of two firearms and a fake ID.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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One tweet features an AI cover of a fake Slayr album called BURGERMAN that imagines him as a half-burger, half-human hybrid engulfed in a hellish flood of grease and cheese splatter.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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The question of true or false became a sensation in 1967 with the famous film shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in the Pacific Northwest, capturing a hairy figure ambling through a Northern California wood.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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But with few details to go on, the question is whether this moment marks a genuine breakthrough, or just another false dawn.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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What regulators found was a bogus cak ery chain, boasting nearly 400 locations, operating with forged food business licenses and no physical storefronts to be found.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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Most of that is thanks to the forged aluminum frame and the magnesium casing for the battery pack, which also helps keep things cool inside.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Inauthentic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inauthentic. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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