disingenuous

Definitions

adj

1

Not honourable; unworthy of honour.

2

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:

3

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.

Collocations

2

ADJ.

unconvincing

VERB + DISINGENUOUS

know

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — not straightforward or candid

artful

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:

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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 re

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The judge thought that the witness's evidence was disingenuous and unconvincing.

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Tom was either being naïve or disingenuous.

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You're being disingenuous.

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Tom is being disingenuous.

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