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Insincere


INSINCE'RE, adjective [Latin insincerus; in and sincerus, sincere.]

1. Not sincere; not being in truth what one appears to be; dissembling; hypocritical; false; used of persons; as an insincere heart.

2. Deceitful; hypocritical; false; used of things; as insincere declarations or professions.

3. Not sound.