disingenuous

adjective
🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs/
[not usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. not sincere, especially when you pretend to know less about something than you really do不真诚;不诚实;假装不知道
    • It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it.要说我从未看到过,那就是言不由衷了。🔊🔊
    compare ingenuous