'Disingenuousness' definitions:
Definition of 'disingenuousness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant: ingenuousness]
Definition of 'Disingenuousness'
From: GCIDE
- Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
- 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. [1913 Webster]
- So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. --Pope. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]