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disingenuous

[dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs]

adjective

  1. lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere.

    Her excuse was rather disingenuous.



disingenuous

/ ˌɪɪˈɛʊə /

adjective

  1. not sincere; lacking candour

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • disingenuously adverb
  • disingenuousness noun
  • nondisingenuous adjective
  • nondisingenuously adverb
  • nondisingenuousness noun
  • ˌ徱ˈԳܴdzܲԱ noun
  • ˌ徱ˈԳܴdzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disingenuous1

First recorded in 1645–55; dis- 1 + ingenuous
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A sloppier, more disingenuous government report would be hard to imagine.

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This is a little disingenuous in light of detailed reporting in The Washington Post, science magazine Undark, and others.

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“But really, I was a disingenuous version of myself, and ultimately ended up feeling unrewarded at the end, no matter what I did, whether I had a successful social interaction or I failed miserably.”

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Using the blatantly disingenuous pretext of "fighting anti-semitism," the school caved to Trump's demands to silence campus protests with threats of student discipline and even arrest.

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When Salah set the cat among the pigeons about his future in November by saying he was 'more out than in', he wasn't being disingenuous.

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