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
The kind of careerist and insincere quality of it just immediately seeps through.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2025
Michelle comes across as an outright villain at first, talking almost exclusively in chilly, insincere corporate speak and treating her employees with passive-aggressive disregard.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
However, Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, felt Lorincz’s courtroom apology was insincere.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2025
Michelle comes across as an outright villain at first, talking almost exclusively in chilly, insincere corporate speak and treating her employees with passive-aggressive disregard.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
However, Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, felt Lorincz’s courtroom apology was insincere.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincere
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Every morning, animal care manager Kim Carr stops by to prepare breakfast, scattering treats across their enclosures that are filled with fake tree trunks, log piles and hanging branches — an organic jungle gym for creatures that are born to climb and play.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The allegedly fake document surfaced as CapRadio, a nonprofit broadcaster that is licensed to Sacramento State, underwent its standard annual audit in fall 2022.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Shemar Bartholomew and Jaylin Simpson played in the meaningless regular-season finale against the Minnesota Vikings, but the Packers likely won’t rely on them for meaningful snaps in 2026.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the truth is no one feels tired when the Cactus League games begin, and meaningless exhibitions serve as an appetizer for the season ahead.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Many employers otherwise perform only superficial efforts at verification of legal status of employees, confident that enforcement agencies will target laborers, not management.—
Federico Peña,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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But a superficial comparison between Delta, United, and American across certain headline metrics can be deceiving.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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Despite famously hailing from Barbados, Rihanna really comes into her own with glamorous winter dressing, from double denim to every kind of animal print, and full AWGE.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2026
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Romero’s knock followed a double by Kristian Campbell, who impressed at the plate for the second day in a row.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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Former Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon called it hypocritical.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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That struck him as hypocritical when about a year later, while incarcerated against his will, the same military demanded his willingness to serve, likely in the segregated unit of Japanese American soldiers called the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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On the opposite end of the spectrum, Tatianna points to cinnamon as a conductor of heat—one commonly used in lip plumper products to achieve a sultry pout.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Nov. 2025
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The pop of color offers a shimmer-free (rare!) means of warming up a wedding look and works equally well at lip level.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
12 Aug. 2025
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That’s all well and good, but the series still needs a sturdy narrative to hold it all together, rather than ping-ponging between random subjects offering trite, emotionally hollow morality lessons.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
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Mastrovito's Agnus Dei features the Lamb, made of hollow glass and covered in glass fragments, suspended in the air from the cross' upper arm within a hyperboloid covered in gold leaf.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2026
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Meyers allegedly hid behind phony profiles of an Arizona man, a female adult film star from the Netherlands, and an unidentified woman, the affidavit says.—
Brittany Kubicko,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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Afterward, film executive Mike Medavoy and producer Robert Chartoff cornered Jackson and complained that his answers sounded phony.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Insincere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insincere. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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