disingenuous

Adjective

Meaning

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

Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis. Carl Levin

When my mother gets a prompt 'Do you want to download this?' she's going to say yes. It's disingenuous for Microsoft to give you all of these tools [in Internet Explorer] with which to hang yourself, and when you do, then say it's your fault. Bruce Schneier

The desire to philosophize from the standpoint of standpointlessness, as a purportedly genuine and superior objectivity, is either childish, or, as is usually the case, disingenuous. Martin Heidegger

As the Libyan experience has shown, sadly, a military scenario is possible. We won't allow any more such disingenuous interpretations. We will see to it that no resolution is open to interpretation like the one on Libya. Sergey Lavrov

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit. Lisa Bonet

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.' Dick Wolf

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