disingenuous
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You can’t name it or force it into a box, and if you do, the result will always read as disingenuous.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
“It would be disingenuous to say we weren’t at least a little trying to weird people out,” creator Cullen Crawford laughs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
This is a bit of a disingenuous response; many stories of Platner’s troubling behavior come from less than “a decade ago.”
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
It begins with specious theories and disingenuous arguments advanced by people who believe themselves incapable of bigotry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“Especially,” said Charles, “when the batty bandleader is a disingenuous and mendacious charlatan.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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