Associations to the word «Disingenuous»

Wiktionary

DISINGENUOUS, adjective. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
DISINGENUOUS, adjective. Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
DISINGENUOUS, adjective. Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.

Dictionary definition

DISINGENUOUS, adjective. Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse".

Wise words

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain