| 单词 | disingenuous |
| 释义 | disingenuous (once / 7448 pages) adj Use the adjective disingenuous to describe behavior that's not totally honest or sincere. It's disingenuous when people pretend to know less about something than they really do. Disingenuous combines dis-, meaning not, with ingenuous (from the Latin gen-, meaning born) which was originally used to distinguish free-born Romans from slaves, and later came to mean honest or straightforward. So disingenuous means dishonest. Ingenuous is less common now than disingenuous, but we still use it for someone who is sincere to the point of naiveté. A good synonym is insincere. WORD FAMILYdisingenuous: disingenuously, disingenuousness+/ingenuous: disingenuous, ingenuously, ingenuousness USAGE EXAMPLESIn their letter, Sanders and Cummings said that statement now seems “disingenuous at best” and repeated their request for information about doxycycline’s sales and pricing. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) “I thought it was a very disingenuous way to communicate your issues,” Logan said. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) The appeals court disputed the state's cost projection for blanket home deliveries - $10.5 million a month - as "disingenuous" and "not supported by the record." Reuters(Dec 16, 2016) adj 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 Syn|Ant artful distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented insincerelacking sincerity artless, ingenuous characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious candid, heart-to-heart, openopenly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness undistortedwithout alteration or misrepresentation sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful naif, naivemarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience |
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