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Recent Examples of disingenuous
The poster said the contrast between that hurtful moment and her mother-in-law’s sudden enthusiasm for the pregnancy felt disingenuous.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
In the course of the next eleven hundred pages, this sales pitch starts to seem a little disingenuous.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Calling any other song their finest hour would be disingenuous at best.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Anyone who wants to pretend otherwise is being disingenuous.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
In the course of the next eleven hundred pages, this sales pitch starts to seem a little disingenuous.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Calling any other song their finest hour would be disingenuous at best.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Anyone who wants to pretend otherwise is being disingenuous.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disingenuous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
Adjective
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That doesn't mean the dealer is dishonest, though.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Multiple points of validation will help combat dishonest applicants, Rowe told lawmakers at the time.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Their false claims about getting financially fleeced by Uncle Sam were fueled by a rather sophisticated, albeit deceitful and shameful lobbying campaign, sponsored by greedy gadflies out to make a quick buck.—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The book goes into the deceitful methods used to secure the interview, which was broadcast on 20 November 1995, and the interest in figuring out what happened that exists to this day.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
30 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Trump, of course, was rude, untruthful, and excessively, if not quite so egregiously, long-winded in his first term, too.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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The search led her to a nearby house — and into a complicated situation involving several untruthful children and their parents.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
15 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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What could feel contrived emerges as elegant and honestly felt, a study not just of the tumult that often produces great art, but the silence too.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, Crime 101 feels too contrived and artificial to be convincing.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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An about-face a few years down the line might look hypocritical in light of the new Super Bowl ad the company is releasing to highlight its announcement.—
Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
4 Feb. 2026
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Fellow Democrats Tony Thurmond and Antonio Villaraigosa attack Swalwell and Porter as hypocritical, pointing to their own stricter stances on federal immigration enforcement.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Others forced users to pause for several seconds between words, which made the conversation feel unnatural.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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If anything, Amorim proved too defiantly wedded to his own ‘way’, a 3-4-2-1 system which had to force-fit players into unnatural roles.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That’s when my twelve-year-old brain experienced its first devious epiphany.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The ensemble includes Callum Turner, Elle Fanning, Jamie Bell, Riley Keough, Lukas Gage, Tracy Letts, Pamela Anderson, and Elena Anaya — and a new clip shared by Mubi, which is repping sales on the film at the festival, offers a devious taste of the drama.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Today, investigators released a video recovered from her entryway camera, showing a person—masked, gloved, carrying what appears to be a holstered gun—at her door during the hours of the assumed abduction.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz indicated the Razmias alias may be the defendant’s true identity, with Stoian being an assumed name.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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