Disingenuous

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  • adjective. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating.
  • adjective. Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf.
  • adjective. Unaware or uninformed; naive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not ingenuous; not open, frank, or candid; uncandid; insincere: as, a disingenuous person; a disingenuous answer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy.
  • adjective. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
  • adjective. Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
  • adjective. Assuming a pose of naivete to make a point or for deception.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
    • Word Usage
    "The entire process is intellectually disingenuous from the outset."
    Equivalent
    distorted  misrepresented  perverted  twisted  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ingenuous  strenuous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    covetous  deceitful  deceptive  dishonest  dishonorable  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    apparently sound  artful  artful  calculating  casuistic  
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