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disingenuously

[dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs-lee]

adverb

  1. in a disingenuous way; insincerely or falsely.



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Wisch said the university has disingenuously characterized the union as an outside party, even though the bargaining committee is made up of 15 employees elected from the three colleges.

Now, she erroneously and disingenuously claims that “such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or prosecution.”

From Salon

In response, both Republicans and Democrats disingenuously lashed out at her, pretending that she was valorizing murder, instead of trying to prevent it by discussing root causes.

From Salon

“Even though she disingenuously billed the tour as a Lauryn Hill Miseducation tour, she knew that the kind of success she craved would only be possible if it were also billed as a Fugees tour.”

In modern internet parlance, he is outrage farming, trolling, speaking disingenuously purely to get a response.

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