disingenuous
/dɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/
not candid or sincere; giving a false appearance of frankness
disingenuous in a sentence
“Her disingenuous apology fooled no one.”
Origin of disingenuous
Latin dis- not + ingenuus frank, honest, literally native, freeborn
Related Words
perfidious
deceitful and untrustworthy; treacherous
specious
superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleading in appearance
spurious
not genuine, authentic, or true; false or fake
fallacious
based on a mistaken belief; containing a fallacy
apocryphal
of doubtful authenticity; widely circulated but probably false
chicanery
the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose