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insincere
adjective
Expressing feelings or intentions that are not honestly held.
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The character's insincere apology fails because it avoids admitting the harm.
An insincere candidate for a student committee praised a project she privately intended to cancel, hoping its supporters would vote for her.
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insinceritynoun
A lack of honesty or genuineness in expressed feelings or intentions.
The narrator's exaggerated praise suggested insincerity to the reader.
In a fictional project diary, a photographer recorded a teammate's professed commitment to giving everyone equal credit. She later discovered insincerity in his friendly assurances when a private draft showed that he had never intended to include the others' names.
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