uncandid

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Hodge's statement was so diplomatic it was uncandid; the conference was a thorough failure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chairman Caraway, accusing him of being "uncandid," remarked: "If you sold wheat abroad the way you answer this committee's questions, you'd never sell a bushel."

From Time Magazine Archive

To please an unqualified judge, an author must sacrifice too much; and the attempt to please an uncandid one were altogether hopeless.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

But I would willingly, were it possible, obviate uncandid criticism, because to answer it is lost labor, and to receive it in silence has the appearance of stately reserve, and self-importance.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

So was it, by being loyal, another kind of lie, the lie of the uncandid profession of a motive.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by James, Henry