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adj. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who ... exemplified ... the most disagreeable traits of his time” ( David Cannadine).

adj. Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf.

adj. Usage Problem Unaware or uninformed; naive.

adj. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.

adj. Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

adj. Assuming a pose of naivete to make a point or for deception.

adj. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy.

adj. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

Not ingenuous; not open, frank, or candid; uncandid; insincere: as, a disingenuous person; a disingenuous answer.

adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

"The entire process is intellectually disingenuous from the outset."

twisted    perverted    misrepresented    distorted   

disingenuously    disingenuousness   

mean    unworthy    uncandid    artful    deceitful   

ingenuous    strenuous   

dishonest    insincere    deceptive    untrue    unrealistic    self-serving    perfidious    unfair    sophistical    hypocritical