dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.

1.Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. [1913 Webster]

2.Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. [1913 Webster]

So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. --Pope. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. --T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
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