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disingenuous

adjective

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Not candid or sincere, especially while pretending to be straightforward.

It was disingenuous to call the choice voluntary after every alternative was removed.
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A colleague's response was more disingenuous; he claimed never to have heard about the deadline although Celia had shown him the reminder earlier that week and he had acknowledged it.
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