disingenuous
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Sure, it was another grift, as well as fatalistic and totally disingenuous.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
He also took aim at what he called disingenuous industry rhetoric that cast any caution around AI as unpatriotic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
"To describe that as dictating is not only unfair on the Ulster Farmers' Union, it's also actually somewhat disingenuous."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hochman said Flores simply could have taken notes on the inappropriate comments and turned them in to superiors or the independent inspector general, which strikes me as either sweetly naive or disingenuous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
To these families, it all seemed so disingenuous, the thinly veiled plea for mercy and, most of all, the idea that Reggie was taking responsibility, “willing to man up.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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