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. Doug Collins:

   This is reckless. It's irresponsible. And it's disingenuous, it's also confusing since the attorney general is doing exactly what he said he would be doing: making as much of the report public as possible under federal law and departmental policy.

2. Betsy Smith:

   Frankly, I find it disingenuous, i think there are going to be people who are going to vote for this thinking, ‘ Yay, we’re going to abolish the police' and that's not what's happening.

3. Al Womble:

   At the end of the 2016 election and 2017 for a little while, there were still some pretty raw nerves there. To deny any sort of role within that situation I think would be a little disingenuous, i'd like to see Bernie Sanders say,' Hey, I'm here to appeal to more than just a small base of people and I want to bring people together.

4. Andrew Wheeler:

   Their determination was disingenuous, they knew that the technology was not adequately demonstrated, which is what is required under the law.

5. Paul Simon:

   They were completely disingenuous about it, first of all, we didn't break any boycott. There was no rule about recording with black South African musicians. In fact, the whole purpose of the boycott was the antithesis of what we did.Simon with the South African musician Joseph Shabalala, founder of the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, with whom Simon collaborated on.