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Recent Examples of disingenuous
Bong has adapted Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey 7 and upped the ante by ten, making disingenuous reference to biblical seriousness by setting the prophetic story on Planet Niflheim (referencing the Nephilim in the Old Testament), yet there’s a basic, goofy lack of seriousness.
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Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
There was a hunger for attention and fame in some instances that felt disingenuous.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Riddle considered the argument disingenuous.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Nothing starts you off on the wrong foot more than disingenuous behavior.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
There was a hunger for attention and fame in some instances that felt disingenuous.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Riddle considered the argument disingenuous.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Nothing starts you off on the wrong foot more than disingenuous behavior.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
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Here are some of the most affordable autos A Chinese brain chip company could soon surpass Elon Musk's Neuralink The 10 most dishonest states in America — according to Las Vegas defense lawyers Costco's Kirkland brand became a massive financial success.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
31 Mar. 2025
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Attempting to separate Robinson’s baseball career from racial animus and conflict feels intellectually dishonest.—
Ken Makin,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, mailers sent out by the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee and the Silicon Valley Biz PAC have called Chavez-Lopez deceitful and exploitative of the housing crisis.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Competition supersedes cooperation, doing so in rather deceitful ways.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on June 1 was terribly misguided, and his justification for doing so was misleading and untruthful.—
Robert N. Stavins,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2017
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What is more untruthful: A thing written down, or a sustained deception of the heart?—
Nicolette Polek,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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While such generalizations have historically been used to demonize enemies, there is still a contrived tendency to divide the world into land and sea powers.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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Not his mother’s death but Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinians, the Arabs, the Muslims, the hypocritical leftists.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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That sounds a little hypocritical to me.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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In an alternative '90s, dark waters from the underground scientific facility have risen to flood the town and deliver a menagerie of natural and unnatural nightmares.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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In this type of thinking, the desire to be alone is seen as unnatural and unhealthy, something to be pitied or feared rather than valued or encouraged.—
Virginia Thomas,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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Coinciding with Smoke and Stack’s preparations for this big to-do are the devious activities of Remmick (Jack O’Connell getting his freaky creep on very well) whose legacy extends way back in time.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Bluegrass group Sister Sadie opens up about bringing an end to generational trauma with its devastatingly vulnerable new release, while Cody Jinks returns with a blistering indictment against devious people.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
7 Apr. 2025
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The assumed owner of the vehicle rushed over to the car and hopped inside as the repo man continued to do his job.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The production has shared that the house is actually two locations masquerading as one, a choice that tracks for a guy with an assumed identity.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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