DISINGENUOUS

disingenuous. Disingenuous, a. illiberal, unfair, mean, base, sly

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Dis′in‐gen″u‐ous (?), a. 1. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
2. 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 . Pope. — Dis′in‐gen″u‐ous‐ly, adv. T. Warton. — Dis′in‐gen″u‐ous‐ness, n. Macaulay.