insincereadjective
uk/ˌɪn.sɪnˈsɪər/us/ˌɪn.sɪnˈsɪr/disapprovingpretending to feel something that you do not really feel, or not meaning what you say:
an insincere apology
And all this praise just because the poor man has died - doesn't it strike you as a bit insincere?
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Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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insincerely
adverb uk/ˌɪn.sɪnˈsɪə.li/us/ˌɪn.sɪnˈsɪr.li/
insincerity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.sɪnˈser.ə.ti/us/ˌɪn.sɪnˈser.ə.t̬i/
There’s often a bit of insincerity in these speeches.