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English Dictionary: insincere by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insincere
adj
  1. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
    Antonym(s): sincere
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Insincere \In`sin*cere"\, a. [L. insincerus. See {In-} not, and
      {Sincere}.]
      1. Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere;
            dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false;
            -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as,
            insincere declarations.
  
      2. Disappointing; imperfect; unsound. [Obs.]
  
                     To render sleep's soft blessings insincere. --Pope.
  
      Syn: Dissembling; hollow; hypocritical; deceptive deceitful;
               false; disingenuous; untrustworthy.
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