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English Dictionary: disingenuousness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disingenuousness
n
  1. the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant: ingenuousness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
      1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
            unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
  
      2. 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.
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