Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: disingenuous

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Usage examples:

And it certainly doesn’t make them dishonest or disingenuous.

Source: https://www.jewishtimes.com/sheinbaums-crucifix/

"Attempts to portray those elements as something else are disingenuous and politically motivated," he tweeted.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Waters-says-Nazi-outfit-at-Berlin-concert-was-anti-fascist--43958707/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230527

Blocked by this correct refusal, the “pack” huddled together to come up with a disingenuous way to chase the legislators away.

Source: https://bitterrootstar.com/2023/09/losing-the-valley-to-devious-forces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=losing-the-valley-to-devious-forces

Contributing to the dysfunction, I too perceive a coordinated deployment of disingenuous messaging from the BPD and city staff.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/11/23/letters-to-the-editor-consider-meat-alternatives-an-absence-of-policing-in-boulder/

Due to its estimated value system, its original price can seem a little disingenuous and excessively high.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/razer-raptor-27-deal-razer-september-2023/

“He knew that and he’s being completely disingenuous that for 97 days he refused to meet with Speaker McCarthy.”

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/5/17/23727353/republicans-united-front-dems-force-debt-ceiling-vote

If there’s anything disingenuous in the music, we change it or just scrap the idea entirely,” explained Kahn of their creative process.

Source: https://www.theweekender.com/city-life/39500/locals-only-sick-century-is-blowing-up-in-the-metal-scene

In particular, the ADL argument that in speaking of the impact of illegal immigration on American democracy, Carlson was advocating for a “great replacement theory” was disingenuous.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/columns/jonathan-tobin/tucker-carlsons-fall-not-as-good-for-the-jews-as-the-adl-thinks/2023/04/30/

‘I think it is a bit disingenuous to say that those cancellations happen only on a day of strike because actually that is not true.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/29/nhs-prepares-for-exceptionally-low-staff-ahead-of-nurses-bank-holiday-strike-18695501/

"It would be disingenuous and negotiating in bad faith if we went down that path.

Source: https://www.sbnation.com/2023/3/28/23660092/jets-leverage-aaron-rodgers-trade-packers

Logging always sounds and looks better when shrouded in a disingenuous, prepackaged timber-industry narrative that creates confusion and indifference in the hunting community, and a real sense of pride and manliness in the governor’s office.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/17/logging-for-wildlife-is-a-destructive-fiction/

Matt Clark, manager of engineering projects at Great River Energy, thinks activists are being disingenuous because they can’t link bad air quality over North to HERC, and shutting it down wouldn’t make much of a difference.

Source: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2023/08/24/activists-want-to-close-the-downtown-herc-trash-burner/

MPs said he was "deliberately disingenuous" in trying to reframe his statements - and attempting to come up with excuses to justify the parties.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/8-bombshells-privileges-committee-report-30239358

"My siblings are now calling me disingenuous for harbouring a secret gift, and they said that I did it because I think I'm better than them."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1850522/christmas-tradition-broken-family-feud-reddit-aita

Nearly 24 hours after the decision, Owens’ Twitter fingers have been banging out tweet after tweet with disingenuous musings of false equivalences in an effort to prove her point that affirmative action is bad.

Source: https://newsone.com/4627895/candace-owens-affirmative-action-reaction/

Per usual, McDonough hid behind the disingenuous claim that his hands are tied by Congress.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/25/amid-debt-ceiling-debate-va-cuts-passed-by-house-give-corporate-dems-political-cover/

Peter Tatchell said Mr Guildford response was "disingenuous" and argued his police force "went way beyond merely applying the law."

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/west-midlands-police-chief-constable-27034112

Rushing through Miep’s life for a truncated movie would’ve allowed for disingenuous framing.

Source: https://collider.com/a-small-light-series-review/

That Texas’s government was suddenly uninterested in calling fetal life a person when it was unrelated to an abortion law wouldn’t surprise writer Gabrielle Blair, who believes most anti-abortion politicians are disingenuous.

Source: https://ncnewsline.com/2023/09/16/a-mens-movement-takes-reins-in-a-nationwide-quest-to-end-abortion/