What does disingenuous mean?
Disingenuous means Not honourable; unworthy of honour..
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/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs/ · adjective
Not honourable; unworthy of honour..
I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:
But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
Use disingenuous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disingenuous means Not honourable; unworthy of honour..
Common synonyms include uncandid, artful, perverted, distorted.
Possible antonyms include ingenuous, artless.
I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:
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