Meaning & use
inauthentic
Not genuine, real, or true to what it claims or appears to be.
See it in a sentence
Critics dismissed the politician's apology as inauthentic, staged only to calm public anger.
The museum removed the painting after experts declared it inauthentic.
A note on using this word
Inauthentic can describe objects, like forged art, or behavior, like insincere emotion or a forced personality.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
genuineauthentic
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