disingenuous

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
2. adjective Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
3. adjective Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.

Similar words

perverted artful twisted distorted misrepresented dishonourable dishonest incorrect wrong unfair

Often followed by

to and in or as of about for when

Word family

disingenuously disingenuousness disingenuousnesses