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Webster 1913 Edition
Disingenuous
Disˊin-gen′u-ous
,Adj.
1.
Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy;
as,
. disingenuous
conduct or schemes2.
Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
– Disˊin-gen′u-ous-ly
, adv.
T. Warton.
– Disˊin-gen′u-ous-ness
, Noun.
Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disingenuous
DISINGENUOUS
,Adj.
1.
Unfair; not open, frank and candid; meanly artful; illiberal; applied to persons.2.
Unfair; meanly artful; unbecoming true honor and dignity; as disingenuous conduct; disingenuous schemes.