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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: disingenuous
disingenuous
adj : 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” [syn:
artful] [ant:
ingenuous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Disingenuous
Disingenuous
\Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
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2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
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So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
--Pope.
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Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. --T. Warton. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. --Macaulay.
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