disingenuous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·in·gen·u·ous /ˌdɪsənˈdʒenjuəs◂/ adjective formal DISHONESTnot sincere and slightly dishonest 不真诚的，不诚实的，不坦率的 OPP ingenuous Keeping the details of the tax changes vague is disingenuous. 对税收变革的细节含糊其词并不光明正大。 —disingenuously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
disingenuous• And all he gets are these one-liner and bum steers and cheerful shrugs that may or may not be disingenuous.• On the more general point, charges of corruption were disingenuous.• This is not to say that those who signed the majority Report were disingenuous.• This is the kind of disingenuous hair-splitting that gives politics a bad name.• But it was disingenuous of me.• It's disingenuous of politicians to blame journalists for leaks that appear in the press.• The public events in Washington this past weekend have also had their disingenuous side.• Yentob is being slightly disingenuous when demanding parental control.dis·in·gen·u·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
not slightly dishonest Corpus and sincere
disingenuous
dis‧in‧gen‧u‧ous /ˌdɪsənˈdʒenjuəs◂, ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs◂/
adjective formal
not sincere and slightly dishonest
OPP ingenuous:
Keeping the details of the tax changes vague is disingenuous.
—disingenuously adverb
dis‧in‧gen‧u‧ous /ˌdɪsənˈdʒenjuəs◂, ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs◂/
adjective formalnot sincere and slightly dishonest
OPP ingenuous:
—disingenuously adverb