Crossword clues for disingenuousness
disingenuousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
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Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
--Pope. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv.
--T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being disingenuous.
WordNet
n. the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant: ingenuousness]
Usage examples of "disingenuousness".
On this loneliness she threw the blame of those faults which she painfully recognized in herself--her frequent insincerity, her speeches and silences calculated for effect, her pride based on disingenuousness.