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disingenuous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'disingenuous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disingenuous [ a.]
- Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
- Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

Meaning of 'disingenuous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disingenuous [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Example in sentence:
  • a disingenuous excuse;
  • an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time