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That university in Nice, unfortunately, is fake (11)

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I believe the answer is:

inauthentic

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'fake' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'that university in nice unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters.
'that'+'u'+'in'+'nice'='thatuinnice'
'thatuinnice' is an anagram of 'INAUTHENTIC'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for inauthentic that I've seen before include "Artificial" , "Not genuine" .)

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