disingenuous
AdjectiveUS[dih-sin-jen-yoo-uhs]/dɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/5 syllables
Synonyms:
artful
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- 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”Synonyms: artfulSimilar distorted, misrepresentedSee also insincere
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis′in·gen′u·ous adjective
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].— Alexander Pope
— Dis′wb-a2′>′in·gen′wb-a1′>′u·ous·ly, adverb Thomas Warton — Dis′wb-a2′>′in·gen′wb-a1′>′u·ous·ness, noun Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54