ill-disguised
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Superior Court Judge threw out the suit in September 2025, calling it “an ill-disguised motion to win so they can demolish the home.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
From his more radical perspective, and from the advantage of a higher poll score, Jean-Luc Mélenchon looks on both with ill-disguised disdain.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022
But there also seemed to be an element of desperation beneath Mr. Johnson’s ill-disguised ambition.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018
That’s not much, but it continues to feel like ill-disguised penny pinching from the world’s biggest and richest tech company.
From The Verge • Mar. 28, 2018
The police were summoned, and the whole of Little Hangleton had seethed with shocked curiosity and ill-disguised excitement.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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