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Disingenuous

  1. adjective

    not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; - David Cannadine

    “an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time”

    Similar: artful

Word family

disingenuously

Words that mean the same

Deceptive

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Word parts

dis-