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For Lilian Yates to call the parking attendants ' behavior ' disgusting ' is disingenuous in the extreme.

This is, of course, disingenuous to say the least.

It would be disingenuous to imply that such funds would solve the problem in education.

However, the Government were slightly disingenuous in saying, " All of this is happening anyway under these various other Acts.

Don't you think you are being just a little disingenuous?

You have to be pretty thick not to see through all this - or extremely disingenuous.

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For Lilian Yates to call the parking attendants ' behavior ' disgusting ' is disingenuous in the extreme.

This is, of course, disingenuous to say the least.

It would be disingenuous to imply that such funds would solve the problem in education.

However, the Government were slightly disingenuous in saying, " All of this is happening anyway under these various other Acts.

Don't you think you are being just a little disingenuous?

You have to be pretty thick not to see through all this - or extremely disingenuous.

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It means not being honest, often knowing more than they let on to know:

He was not fair as his word were disingenuous.

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It's disingenuous to search for a sentence with disingenuous.

He made several disingenuous promises during the campaign knowing full well that he could never fulfill them.

She offered a very disingenuous excuse for missing the holiday party.

The jury found her arguments to be very disingenuous and she was found guilty of the crime.

The prosecuting attorney lost the case because his leading witness came across as very disingenuous in the eyes of the jury.

His offer to take his son and daughter to the amusement park is quite disingenuous considering that he cancels outings with his kids all the time.

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"Ingenuous" means naive or innocent. (Think of the word "ingenue" for a stage role for a young, innocent woman.) "Disingenuous" looks like it would mean the opposite of "ingenuous," but that is not exactly so. "Disingenuous" means falsely pretending to be innocent or naive. Someone who is conniving and trying to manipulate for his own self-interest may pretend to be sincere and innocent in his motivations; we might call him disingenuous.

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