Synonyms for disingenuous
ˌdɪs ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əsdisin·gen·u·ous

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1. disingenuous

   Synonyms:
   deceitful, dishonest, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrue

   Antonyms:
   candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright

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1. disingenuous, artfuladjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   artful

   Antonyms:
   undistorted, heart-to-heart, candid, ingenuous, artless, open

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1. disingenuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfair, dishonest, insincere, uncandid, artful, cunning, sly, insidious, deceitful, knavish, false, false-hearted, not frank, not open

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1. List of paraphrases for "disingenuous":

   dishonest, false, hypocritical

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1. Jessica Stern:

   This was a disingenuous effort to shed the dignity of LGBT employees at the U.N., while clawing at the authority of the secretary general, those who sided with Russia should be ashamed of such a craven vote.

2. Eric Churchhas:

   There are times that the single gets chosen for you. And by that I mean what’s happening in the world, i would feel disingenuous after writing the song, being a part of the song, to not put the song out at this time, with all the stuff that is going on: socially, police, politically. I mean, God almighty hell, the whole world. I’ve never had a song that felt more meaningful and relevant than this one. It’s something that people need to hear.

3. Elon Musk:

   No, just like [ Unsworth ] didn't clarify he wanted to sodomize me with a submarine. I didn't think it required clarification, i think that would have been worse. If you called someone a motherf' er I don't think you would have to clarify you don't actually commit incest. It would sound disingenuous.

4. Campaigns Lindsay Rajt:

   Juhl’s claim is disingenuous at best. Asger Juhl is Asger Juhl. Asger Juhl teaches nothing.

5. Jerry Springerslow:

   The truth is, at my age [ 71 ], if you stop, you stop. You don’t take a couple of years off and come back at 87, i don’t want to stop enjoying life. I have no talent but I get to do these shows. I ’m not being disingenuous, but as a kid no one would have picked me out and said, ‘ He ’ll be in show biz. ’ I’ve just been lucky. Why stop ? I honestly don’t see Jerry Springerslow slowing down, other than for health reasons.