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disingenuous
/dɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/
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What does disingenuous mean?
adjective
- Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
- Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
- Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/
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They recognized the nature of modern war instantly and accurately, and advocated no disingenuous efforts to conceal it.
Rowland had not only been illogical, he had also been slightly disingenuous.
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The disingenuous form in which this objection is usually stated has been repeatedly adverted to and exposed, but continues to be pursued in all the conversations and writings of the opponents of the plan.
Yet in our intercourse we seek to read the thoughts of others--the real thoughts--recognizing that just as we do not express ourselves either accurately or honestly, so may the other be limited or disingenuous.
But Theophanes's want of honesty does not go so far to make this story credible as does Pompey's own nature, which was averse, with all its ambition, to such base and disingenuous acts, to render it improbable.