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  • adjective Poorly hidden or concealed.

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Examples

  • Yet, earlier this month, Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood threatened to take "appropriate action" -- an ill-disguised threat of a trade war -- unless Europe exempts American airlines from the European carbon trading scheme.

    Vera Pardee: Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to Vera Pardee 2011

  • Yet, earlier this month, Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood threatened to take "appropriate action" -- an ill-disguised threat of a trade war -- unless Europe exempts American airlines from the European carbon trading scheme.

    Vera Pardee: Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to Vera Pardee 2011

  • Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy, now drawn into the crisis, is run by a weak prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, viewed with ill-disguised scorn in many euro-zone capitals.

    Greek Crisis Reveals EU's Tragic Flaw Stephen Fidler 2011

  • So, why, after this ill-disguised bigotry was debunked for the hyper-partisan fraud that it is, WHY is it still getting play on television, radio, and print?

    Monday Moratorium #1: The Birthers 2009

  • Yet, earlier this month, Secretary Clinton and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood threatened to take "appropriate action" -- an ill-disguised threat of a trade war -- unless Europe exempts American airlines from the European carbon trading scheme.

    Vera Pardee: Bullying the EU on Global Warming...or Trying to Vera Pardee 2011

  • Pakistan reacted to the news with ill-disguised glee, arguing that the botched investigations and the subsequent confession confirmed its suspicions that India "lacked the courage" to prosecute radical Hindus.

    Hindu terrorism charges force India to reflect on prejudices against Muslims 2011

  • "I was in the mood for steak at the last minute," he said when he saw me eyeing his lunch with ill-disguised envy.

    Alain Ducasse Lettie Teague 2011

  • Her sadness, along with the torrent of ill-disguised resentment unleashed at Clinton since Iowa, shook some of the breeziness out of me, made me feel flashes of guilt for not having stood up for Hillary from the start.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Her sadness, along with the torrent of ill-disguised resentment unleashed at Clinton since Iowa, shook some of the breeziness out of me, made me feel flashes of guilt for not having stood up for Hillary from the start.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • The Jindal campaign immediately fired off a response, arguing the votes were "ill-disguised partisan maneuvers" by the Democratic leadership that separated liberals from conservatives.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

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