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disingenuous

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Adjective

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

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Antonyms:
ingenuous artless

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Words contain "disingenuous" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
disingenuous artful disingenuousness disingenuously artfully

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