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Disingenuous
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Meaning
Adj
●
Not
honourable
;
unworthy
of honour.
●
Not
ingenuous
; not
frank
or open.
●
Assuming a
pose
of
naïveté
to
make a point
or for deception.
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Origin
disingenuous
English
dis-
English
ingenuous
English
Sourced from
Etym
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