disingenuous
di·sin·ge·nuous
adjective
1.
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”
Origin
From dis- + ingenuous.
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