Disingenuous means not being honest or sincere, often pretending or hiding one's true intentions.
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No one wants to take the whole thing down but to say some type of redistribution isn't necessary when you have a system that allows that type of greed to exist seems
disingenuous at best,.
It seems somewhat
disingenuous for the book's authors to continue assert that there is an ongoing debate regarding whether global warming is caused by humans, and then use pre-1998 references to make this case.
TreeHugger has noted before that Digital billboards are an urban blight, and probably dangerous too so Cieslok is being a
bit disingenuous with this campaign.
Superfluous to the point I made though (regardless of its accuracy) and a
little disingenuous as I doubt there are any CLPs or members who would attempt to mandate their MPs in any vote - House of Commons or party elections.
If you're going to be so
disingenuous about different usages, then you might want to choose something more obscure.
But it sounds
so disingenuous because of his policies, because of his rhetoric of hatred, of derision, of dividing us,» Khan said on «Meet the Press.»
It
felt disingenuous for a film so grounded and with such an emphasis on sound to have music conjuring up the fear.
Using the expression is
very disingenuous in light of our club's continuing plight, so perhaps you should approach this in a more grown - up manner, instead of name - calling to support your flawed cause.
People see right through
disingenuous attempts, knowing all a sales rep really wants is just to chalk up another «deal.»
This however is slightly
disingenuous because of the $ 575 is paid back in full within a 2 to 3 week time period and there are no penalties or additional interest then it would be a good deal.
Otherwise, you'll come across as
disingenuous when you end up asking total strangers to buy / review your work.
What is even
more disingenuous about her movement with respect to the health facilities is that, she is followed by a large number of the NPP activists and fanatics fully dressed in party colours of red, blue and white, thus demonstrating the partisan approach of her gestures.
The
most disingenuous argument put forth by charter school foes is the claim they will take money out of other classrooms.
Point taken, but I'd argue that in any corner of the internet where these types of discussions are held quickly turn into some of the nastiest, most
disingenuous arguments held in bad faith that you'll ever find online.
There is something
quite disingenuous in saying, for instance, that citizens of the United States who suffer economic and social deprivation can be nonetheless equal participants in the political process.
I'd be a bit
disingenuous if I didn't concede that there is a stigma associated with bankruptcy for many out there.
«I find the statement to be very
disingenuous on Tim's part because there was never any question of whether Devin would be given that opportunity.
I think a lot of us question our right to be happy, but in the end I think it would be
disingenuous not to be happy.
Even when I key a short blog post, I still get
pretty disingenuous comments, so I suppose the length of my posts matters not.
If it is an update, it seems
slightly disingenuous for the cost to be so high and if it's its own game, it needs to be more proactive in teaching the player how to properly build game content in the Toy Box, one of the most important elements in the game.
Amongst other things, he has admitted that Microsoft shouldn't have «sugar - coated» the Xbox One controversy, and his ability to praise the competition over at Sony without
sounding disingenuous makes him come across as a straight - up decent guy.
I can't think of a more
disingenuous way to claim that you are being transparent.
It's
also disingenuous if the administration tries to claim that there won't be negative impact on operations.
«What this says about the council is they will
make disingenuous statements and empty promises with no substance in them.»
About Pete's take on the Benghazi matter: I think is fairly clear in testimony that the Obama Administration did lie, did cover - up what had happened, and was
totally disingenuous about the whole thing.
«Dennis Skinner finds himself as Labour's new poster boy (at least in Barnsley) Main Nigel Adams MP: Help make Labour pay for their negative, backward - looking,
disingenuous campaign in Barnsley Central»
The Los Angeles Times, meanwhile, failed to offer the links to the full documents in its story, leaving readers to rely on the paper's interpretation and its selective and
disingenuous use of quotes.
In fact, Eric Carlson's
disingenuous comment by itself seems like a good argument in favor of a strong carbon standard.
Other than that, it was a
tad disingenuous for Mr. O'Luck not to admit that he wrote the comment in question.
The clear purpose of CMRR's recent media - saturating push (heaped with utterly
disingenuous posts) for rail from Kingston to Mt.Tremper — which included finger - pointing by CMRR placing the blame squarely on County Executive Michael Hein's shoulders for holding CMRR accountable to the requirements of the lease agreement it had signed — was to counter the reality of CMRR's failure to uphold its lease obligations.
Of course, @seriously, your claim is quite
disingenuous since you yourself earlier pointed out you never stated your beliefs.
I get that these bloggers have connections with the airlines that they wish to protect but treating the rest of us like fools by trying to persuade us that these changes are anything but terrible is misleading at best and
deliberately disingenuous at worst.
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