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disingenuous

[dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs] / ˌdɪs ɪnˈdʒɛn ju əs /


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Griffin said the call for feedback feels disingenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sure, it was another grift, as well as fatalistic and totally disingenuous.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We can never trust what an oligarch says because all they do -- they're disingenuous and they lie," Bannon said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

This stopped him feeling disingenuous and giving resentfully.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

So I’m not being disingenuous when I say that I feel your pain.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi


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