Disingenuous
[,dɪsɪn'dʒenjʊəs] or [,dɪsɪn'dʒɛnjuəs]
Definition
(adj.) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; 'an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time'- David Cannadine; 'a disingenuous excuse' .
Inputed by Dan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
(a.) Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
Checker: Roderick
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unfair, dishonest, insincere, uncandid, artful, cunning, sly, insidious, deceitful, knavish, false, false-hearted, not frank, not open.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INGENUOUS]
Edited by Lester
Definition
adj. not ingenuous: not frank or open: crafty.—adv. Disingen′uously.—n. Disingen′uousness.
Checker: Marsha
Examples
- Nor is there anything disingenuous about this focusing of the attention: a real belief is there. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Labor receives only a perfunctory and largely disingenuous attention; even commerce is handled in a way that expresses neither its direction nor its public use. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Marsha