How to use "disingenuous" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "disingenuous" in popular movie and book plots

• Butters begins acting out at school, beating up a fellow student seemingly without provocation, and then later excoriating his male classmates for being stuck-up and disingenuous (save for Kenny, who he says is the only one with any sense of dignity).  - Going Native
• Niobe has made herself an elaborate dress for the occasion, which earns Atia's disingenuous compliments.  - The Spoils (Rome)

Example sentences for "disingenuous" in interesting articles

• I listened to a group of disingenuous people whose own self-interests guide their policies rather than the interests of children.  - A warning to college profs from a high school teacher
• These “A-X” shenanigans are likely just a disingenuous route that will take us directly to where the Air Force has been leading Congress all along—to bolstering the F-35 program.  - The Air Force Initiative to Replace the A-10 Warthog Is Vaporware
• officials and outside experts have repeatedly rejected as a disingenuous nonstarter. “The draft treaty from Russia and China seeks to ban the very things that they are so actively pursuing,” Krepon says.  - War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever
• This is disingenuous and an incredibly empty threat. Reply eric jackson says: November 18, 2013 at 2:22 pm I dare the NFL and MLB to start charging to watch their games.  - NFL, MLB Warn That Aereo Could Trigger End of Free TV Game Broadcasts
• I listened to a group of disingenuous people whose own self-interests guide their policies rather than the interests of children.  - A warning to college profs from a high school teacher
• Mr Ken, you seem disingenuous in your claim not to know what Zero Tolerance means.  - Seen Not Heard: How Obscure Security Makes Schools Suck
• But that excuse—and others like it across the industry—is disingenuous and fundamentally unfair in two important ways.  - Internet Companies: Confusing Consumers for Profit
• Not with folks like you, you understand – but with those who disagree on other things but can still enjoy the world and each other. JF s says: April 4, 2013 at 6:19 am You are an active member of bitcointalk.org, so your reference to it as “some bitcoin blog” is disingenuous and (presumably intentionally) misleading. My objection is not that some objectionable people use it.  - How the Internet Archive is having a great time with Bitcoin

Meaning of "disingenuous" in English

• not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
  Example
  - a disingenuous excuse
  

Meaning of "disingenuous" in Hindi

• कपटी ( Kapati, kapatee)
• खोटा ( Khota, khotaa)
• कपटी

Synonyms of "disingenuous"

• artful

Antonyms of "disingenuous"

• artless
• ingenuous

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