disingenuous
Collocations
2ADJ.
unconvincing
VERB + DISINGENUOUS
know
Definitions
adj
Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:
Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.
But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
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6I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:
WiktionaryBut was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the re
WiktionaryThe judge thought that the witness's evidence was disingenuous and unconvincing.
Tatoeba · #3372299Tom was either being naïve or disingenuous.
Tatoeba · #7920852You're being disingenuous.
Tatoeba · #8078669Tom is being disingenuous.
Tatoeba · #8078670