Meaning & use
ingenuine
Not genuine or sincere; false or insincere in feeling or appearance.
See it in a sentence
His apology felt ingenuine, as if he were only saying what people wanted to hear.
Critics called the politician's smile ingenuine during the tense interview.
A note on using this word
Ingenuine is nonstandard; most style guides prefer 'disingenuous' or simply 'insincere' or 'fake'.
Words with a similar meaning
insincerefake
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Words with an opposite meaning
genuinesincere
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