disingenuous
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disingenuous
- /ˌdɪ.sɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs/
adjective more disingenuous · most disingenuous
- Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
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Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:
Similar: uncandid
- Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception. But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
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adj not noble; unbecoming true honor
| Español | falso, poco sincero, desingenuo, insincero |
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| 日本語 | 不誠実な fuseijitsu na |
| 中文 | 虛情假意的 /虚情假意的 xūqíngjiǎyì de, 不誠實的 /不诚实的 bù chéngshí de |
| Português | falso, vil |
| Français | sournois, malhonnête |
| Deutsch | unaufrichtig, unehrlich, unwürdig, hinterlistig, verschlagen, unredlich |
| Română | necinstit |
| Русский | неи́скренний neískrennij |
Talk about this word "disingenuous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disingenuous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. disingenuous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/disingenuous "disingenuous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/disingenuous.Cite this
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title = {disingenuous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disingenuous},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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