disingenuous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English ingenuous English disingenuous From dis- + ingenuous.
Meanings
- Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
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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:
1726, William Broome, edited by Maynard Mack, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, volume 10, Methuen, published 1969, page 378:
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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.
2012 March 14, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2012, page 87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disingenuous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disingenuous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
disingenuousness · disingenuously
Synonyms
Translations (45)
nb falsk (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de verschlagen (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · sv lömsk (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · fr sournois (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de unehrlich (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · da uærlig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · da uvederhæftig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de hinterlistig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · fr malhonnête (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · ru неи́скренний (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · es poco sincero (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · mi kōpūngahuru (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · ca hipòcrita (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de hinterhältig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · fi vilpillinen (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · da uoprigtig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · pt falso (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · cmn 虛情假意的 /虚情假意的 (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · sk nečestný (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · ca fals (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · ota ناموسسز (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · cmn 不誠實的 /不诚实的 (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · ja 不誠実な (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · mi kōpūrau (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · nl achterbaks (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · nb uærlig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de unwürdig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · nl oneerlijk (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · pt vil (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · mk не́искрен (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · es falso (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · nb uoppriktig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · pl niehonorowy (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de unredlich (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · sh нѐискрен (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · es desingenuo (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · da falsk (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · nl onoprecht (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · fi petollinen (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · de unaufrichtig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · eo malsincera (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · ro necinstit (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · nl onwaardig (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · es insincero (not noble; unbecoming true honor) · sh nèiskren (not noble; unbecoming true honor)