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disingenuous

/,dɪsɪn'dʒɛnjuəs/

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adjective
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
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"an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time" "a disingenuous excuse"

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artful distorted misrepresented perverted twisted

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ingenuous

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