ingenuine

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ genuine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːɪn̩/, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːaɪn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn̩ or Rhymes: -ɛnjuːaɪn̩

Adjective

ingenuine (comparative more ingenuine, superlative most ingenuine)

1. false, not genuine or unauthentic.
   • 1993, Sam Kirscher, Working with Adult Incest Survivors: The Healing Journey, page 81:

     This description of the female therapist may have been a transferential distortion, an accurate reading of an ingenuine therapeutic stance, or both.

   • 1995, J. P. Telotte, Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film, page 164:

     Yet those accomplishments may well be forged, that is, a bit ingenuine, since, as our films must inevitably do, they leave the very forces of repression intact […]

Synonyms

• ungenuine
• false
• fake
• See also Thesaurus:fake

Antonyms

• genuine
• authentic
• real
• natural
• true

Translations

false, not genuine or authentic

• German: falsch (de), gefälscht (de), nicht echt, unecht (de), nicht authentisch, unwahrhaftig (person), unaufrichtig (de)
• Turkish: yapay (tr), yapmacık (tr), sahte (tr)