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. 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.

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. 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.

5. George Anthony Devolder Santos:

   I don’t touch any of my FEC stuff, right? so, don’t be disingenuous and report that I did because you know that every campaign hires fiduciaries.