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" "a disingenuous excuse"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
It would be disingenuous to claim that we hadn't suspected them.要是说我们当时还没有怀疑他们，那就是言不由衷了。
The book is entertaining, meandering and at times disingenuous.这本书很有趣，也很调侃，并且有时，不那么真诚。
Although he was young, his remarks indicated that he was disingenuous.虽然他很年轻,但他说的那一番话说明他相当老于世故。
