Definition of Disinginuous
Dis`in*gen"u*ous (?), a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity;
mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or
frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly
artful.
So disingenuous as not to confess them
[faults]. Pope.
-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T.
Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n.
Macaulay.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
- Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
Quotations
*So disingenuous as not to confess them . - Alexander Pope
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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