Dis′in‐gen″u‐ous (?), a. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
So disingenuous as not to confess them. Pope.
— Dis′in‐gen″u‐ous‐ly, adv.T. Warton. — Dis′in‐gen″u‐ous‐ness, n.Macaulay.