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Insincere (adjective)
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
“Janice’s furious glare showed that her apology was insincere.”
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Insincere (adjective)
Not serious.
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Disingenuous (adjective)
Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
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Disingenuous (adjective)
Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
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Disingenuous (adjective)
Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.
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Insincere (adjective)
not expressing genuine feelings
“she flashed him an insincere smile”
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Disingenuous (adjective)
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does
“this journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical”