It would be disingenuous to claim that we hadn't suspected them. 要是说我们当时还没有怀疑他们, 那就是言不由衷了.
Both sides are being disingenuous. 两方都是无诚意的。
The book is entertaining, meandering and at times disingenuous. 这本书很有趣,也很调侃,并且有时,不那么真诚。
disingenuous
[ adj ] not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness <adj.all> an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his timea disingenuous excuse
Disingenuous \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 [faults]. --Pope. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay.
Asked later whether it wasn't disingenuous of him to claim he couldn't understand Brady's lack of warmth toward him in light of his statements, von Raab simply shrugged, smiled and walked away.
I think it's a little disingenuous to be surprised that Fidel doesn't invite the U.S. State Department to violate the jurisdiction of the Cuban government over its own territory.
For your Journal now to cite the contempt case as an instance of the Singapore government's repression is disingenuous.
Moreover, the "news" stories that finally followed the nuclear disaster were disingenuous at best.
But one diner admits it's disingenuous to blame the politicians alone.