unauthentic
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈθɛntɪk/
:
no auténtico
- Does the community at large have the right to expect teachers to deal only with unauthentic civic values when that would be tantamount to not preparing students for the realities that they will face in their future?
Examples
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The artist's latest work felt unauthentic compared to his earlier pieces that truly represented his style.
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One very unauthentic appearing moment.
Blog text (4) -
It just makes me feel unauthentic.
Blog text (2) -
The urban elites who dominated the nation's political life appeared here as unauthentic, as pretenders to a power that should rightfully spring from the farmers.
Academic text (1995) -
Such writings seem to run the gamut, from sincere articulations of Native tradition to completely unauthentic works spun for personal gain, popularity, or just plain cash.
Academic text (1996) -
His accent sounded unauthentic, leading me to believe he was not from the area.
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Many online reviews were found to be unauthentic, written by people who had never used the product.
Synonyms
833
1.8
Not real and made to look like something real
153
5.6
Fake and made to trick people
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7.9
Not real or true, often made to seem true
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6.6
Not real and not what it looks like
An object that is not real or original and is often a fake
Presented as real but actually fake
Not real or honest
Antonyms
How Authentic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unauthentic is un- ('not') plus authentic, which comes from a word meaning 'author' or 'self', like the familiar word author. So something unauthentic is 'not real' or 'not made by the true maker'.