The judge thought that the witness's evidence was disingenuous and unconvincing.
Source: tatoeba (3372299)
Disingenuous
//ˌdɪs.ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs//
Synonyms for "disingenuous" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- fals adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- hipòcrita adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不誠實的 /不诚实的 adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- 虛情假意的 /虚情假意的 adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Danish
4 entries- falsk adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- uoprigtig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- uvederhæftig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- uærlig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Dutch
4 entries- achterbaks adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- oneerlijk adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- onoprecht adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- onwaardig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsincera adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Finnish
2 entries- petollinen adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- vilpillinen adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
French
2 entries- malhonnête adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- sournois adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
German
4 entries- hinterhältig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- hinterlistig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- unaufrichtig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- unehrlich adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Japanese
1 entries- 不誠実な adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Macedonian
1 entries- не́искрен adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Māori
2 entries- kōpūngahuru adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- kōpūrau adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- falsk adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- uoppriktig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- uærlig adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ناموسسز adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Polish
1 entries- niehonorowy adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Portuguese
2 entries- falso adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- vil adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Romanian
1 entries- necinstit adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Russian
1 entries- неи́скренний adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nèiskren adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- нѐискрен adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Slovak
1 entries- nečestný adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Spanish
4 entries- desingenuo adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- falso adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- insincero adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
- poco sincero adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Swedish
1 entries- lömsk adj (not noble; unbecoming true honor)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom was either being naïve or disingenuous.
Source: tatoeba (7920852)
You're being disingenuous.
Source: tatoeba (8078669)
Tom is being disingenuous.
Source: tatoeba (8078670)
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