Found 2 items, similar to disingenuous.
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. [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]