Definition of Insincere

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Insincere

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.

Disappointing; imperfect; unsound.

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Insincere Quotations

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
Titus Maccius Plautus

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.
Samuel Richardson

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.
George Henry Lewes

I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes you become insincere. There is no way you can react to it sincerely.
Tom Verlaine

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.
Daniel Smith

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
V. S. Pritchett

Insincere Translations

insincere in German is unaufrichtig, unaufrichtig, falsch
insincere in Norwegian is uoppriktig, uekte
insincere in Spanish is insincero
insincere in Swedish is ej uppriktig, falsk

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