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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