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Word | Disingenuous |
Telugu Meaning | చిత్తశుద్ధి లేని, మనస్ఫూర్తిగా లేని, కపటమైన |
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 / Not noble / lacking genuine candor; insincere / not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does. / not truly honest or sincere : giving the false appearance of being honest or sincere, | |
Usage | ⇒ Ashok is ambitious and disingenuous ⇒ Now that we know that the mayor and his wife are engaged in a bitter divorce fight, we find their earlier remarks regretting their lack of time together remarkably disingenuous. ⇒ Her recent expressions of concern are self-serving and disingenuous. ⇒ Pete's selection for the show is nothing but cheap entertainment, and it is disingenuous to pretend otherwise. |
Synonyms | deceitful, artful, false, sly, dishonest, insincere, crafty, cunning, shifty, guileful, devious, hypocritical, tricky, underhand, wily, foxy, sneaky, deceptive, scheming, double-dealing, |
Antonyms | artless, ingenuous, candid, honest, open, heart-to-heart, undistorted, distinct, equitable, accurate, affable, ambidextrous, amiable, austere, chaste, childish, coarse, delicate, devout, direct, |
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