disingenuous

disingenuous is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
2. adjective. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
3. adjective. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness- David Cannadine

   "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"

   "a disingenuous excuse"

   Synonyms: artful

Synonyms

artful

Common word forms

disingenuously

Words from these letters

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