Disingenuousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
     1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
        unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not


        frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disingenuousness
       n : the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant: {ingenuousness}]