disingenuous

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That's getting very close to being disingenuous, as only I can be the judge of my intentions.

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  1. adjective Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who ... exemplified ... the most disagreeable traits of his time” (David Cannadine).
  2. adjective Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf.
  3. adjective Usage Problem Unaware or uninformed; naive.
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  • It was all quite disingenuous, as doubtless Abigail knew. —  John Adams by David McCullough
  • But I have never heard of leaving part of one's physical substance behind and travelling into those realms by means of a sleeping child She looked at him for a long moment as if she thought he was deliberately disingenuous, then she shrugged. —  And when Elric had told his three lies to Cymoril, his betrothed, and had set his ambitious cousin Yyrkoon as Regent on the Ru
  • It flirts with a heightened realism -- read: depressed characters -- that proves disingenuous, as the movie breaks right for the Hollywood ending at first opportunity.
  • This is completely disingenuous, as the taxpayers are still taking most of the risk "93\% instead of 100\%", but would give away 50\% of potential gains. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Wasn't it disingenuous, the critics asked, to worry about the politicization of science now instead of during the Bush administration? —  TierneyLab
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