disingenuous

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˌdɪs.ɪn.ˈdʒɛn.ju.əs/

Adjective

disingenuous

1. Not honourable; unworthy of honour
2. Not ingenuous; not frank or open

   Synonyms: uncandid

   • 1726, William Broome, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, edited by Maynard Mack, Methuen, 1969, volume 10, page 378:

     I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:

3. Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.

Translations

• French: sournois
• German: unaufrichtig, unehrlich, unwürdig, hinterlistig, verschlagen, unredlich
• Portuguese: falso, vil
• Russian: неи́скренний
• Spanish: falso, poco sincero

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