as in fake
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
the insincere compliments of a spiteful gossip
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of insincere
Even after the humiliation of getting fired, then being offered an obviously insincere apology, as well as a job, Helena Eagan is making up on the spot, Cobel still wants back in.
—
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Britain, France, Germany and the United States, which proposed the resolution, dismissed as insufficient and insincere a last-minute Iranian move to cap its stock of uranium that is close to weapons-grade.
—Reuters, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
The character is an insincere male feminist who makes performative comments about healing psychological trauma and supporting women.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Personalization is key to effective cold emailing, but doing it wrong can make your emails feel insincere or even drive people away.
—Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for insincere 
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Britain, France, Germany and the United States, which proposed the resolution, dismissed as insufficient and insincere a last-minute Iranian move to cap its stock of uranium that is close to weapons-grade.
—Reuters, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
The character is an insincere male feminist who makes performative comments about healing psychological trauma and supporting women.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Personalization is key to effective cold emailing, but doing it wrong can make your emails feel insincere or even drive people away.
—Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for insincere
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincere
Adjective
-
Here are the best fake car ads and parodies celebrating SNL's 50th anniversary.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
-
Yet criminals are impersonating the IRS to trick taxpayers into sharing personal information by texting them fake alerts of their eligibility for extra money, warns the Better Business Bureau.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
Her Washington insider status is meaningless during the next four years of the Trump administration and an unfriendly Congress.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
-
However, trying to draw an AI line may be meaningless when the term itself is so all-encompassing.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
Tunes that reference country roads and chugging double shots of whiskey sit alongside the duo’s trademark message of fostering hope and connection.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
-
Having a secondary creator next to him is a welcome development for Curry, who has faced constant double and triple teams this season at age 36 as teammates invite his other four teammates on the floor to beat them.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
Even seemingly superficial exchanges have deeper meaning. Need a break?—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
-
What’s emanating out of her is this quiet, intense truth, coupled with this incredible, superficial vulnerability.—
William Earl,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Shifting from New York to Texas Lively and Reynolds (whose blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine has been dragged directly into this with a January 7 evidence preservation letter sent to Disney and Marvel over the hypocritical Nicepool character) opened up a likely new legal front in Hays County, Texas.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
-
Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma, accused Democrats of being hypocritical for saying Mr. Hegseth was unqualified to lead the Pentagon because he had been intoxicated and cheated on his wife.—
Helene Cooper,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2022
-
What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.—
Sam Sacks,
WSJ,
11 Nov. 2022
Adjective
-
For lip color, reach for the Merit Beauty Signature lipsticks.—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
-
While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.—
Emily Holgate,
refinery29.com,
19 Jan. 2024
Adjective
-
To start, pick up any waste in your yard that may be attracting birds, such as old tires or hollow fence posts that birds may want to nest in.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
-
These aren’t just hollow stock characters that exist to dote on the player, but living and breathing pieces of the Living Lands.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Thesaurus Entries Near insincere
Cite this Entry
“Insincere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insincere. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share