insincere

Example Sentences

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Union officials suggest the effort was insincere and too little, too late.

From Los Angeles Times

The Times also echoes the Republicans insincere and consistently disproved promises and pledges to not cut entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

From Salon

Waltz is a master at playing charmingly sinister characters whose motives are hidden behind polite, insincere smiles, and his increasingly extreme demands prompt company employees to question what he’s really up to.

From Seattle Times

Flynn, the district attorney, said at a news conference that Gendron’s apology to the families was insincere and probably represented an effort to escape the death penalty.

From Washington Post

“Hourglass” suffers for its sometimes mawkish language, places where Goddard reaches for earnestness but sounds insincere, or just immature.

From Los Angeles Times