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Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

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  1. a. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
  2. a. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
  3. adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
  4. j:100 a. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness