uncandid

Example Sentences

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Hodge's statement was so diplomatic it was uncandid; the conference was a thorough failure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chairman Caraway, accusing him of being "uncandid," remarked: "If you sold wheat abroad the way you answer this committee's questions, you'd never sell a bushel."

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither did they correctly appreciate the ungenerous and uncandid spirit of the leaders among their opponents in clinging to this charge, and reiterating it, after they had failed to substantiate it by any credible evidence.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William

We see and deplore the vices and errors of each other; and after that acknowledgment, do not, worthy Barton, call us uncandid if I add, we also discover yours.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane

“The truth, sir?” said Felgate, firing up as uncandid persons always do when their veracity is questioned.

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines