uningeniousadj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [adjective]
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > disingenuous or insincere
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
fake1942
1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. iv. §53. 220 Full of un~ingenious dealing with your adversary.
1656 P. Heylyn Extraneus Vapulans 20 Of Mr. Noye..(besides those un~ingenious passages of him which are still left standing) he telleth us also [etc.].
2. Lacking in ingenuity.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > lacking ingenuity or cleverness
uncrafty1483
uningenious1769
uncontriving1774
unclever1775
deviceless1851
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > lacking ingenuity or cleverness > characterized by or displaying
uningenious1769
1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 8 These uningenious paradoxes and reveries without imagination.
1787 J. Bentham Def. Usury xiii. 183 The wounded pride, of the uningenious herd.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 244 Little cups..made, for the uningenious Arabs, in the West.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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