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Definition of disingenuous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

disingenuous

adjective
 
/ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
 
/ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
[not usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. not sincere, especially when you pretend to know less about something than you really do
    • It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it.
    compare ingenuous
See disingenuous in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
indeed
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