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1. (adj.) disingenuous
lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; insincere.
Etymology: (1645–55)
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1. (adj) disingenuous, artful
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"
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1. (adj) disingenuous
not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes
2. (adj) disingenuous
not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful
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