disingenuous

/diss-in-JEN-yoo-us/adjective

not candid or sincere; pretending to know less than one does

His disingenuous surprise fooled no one who had seen the email.
Synonyms
insincere, dishonest, duplicitous
Antonyms
ingenuous, candid
Root
gen- (birth)
Memory hook
dis + ingenuous: the innocence is an act.

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