01310685-a 'not straightforward or candid';
 
English artful ( ) , disingenuous ( )
Definitions
English
not straightforward or candid
giving a false appearance of frankness
an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time- David Cannadine; a disingenuous excuse
Japanese
直接でないか率直でない
率直さの間違った外観をしていること
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Relations
See also: insincere
Similar to: distorted
Antonym: ingenuous
Semantic Field: alla
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SUMO: ⊂ SubjectiveStrongNegativeAttribute

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.992; Future: 0.002)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.88) MLSentiCon: (+0.38 -0.62)


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