- 1. a. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. Source: opted
- 3. adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. Macaulay. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 a. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness Source: ecdict
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