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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-143/
- Published: 2020-06-17T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-14T03:47:40.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

The word for today is…

disingenuous (adj) –   
1\. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating.  
2\. Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf.  
3\. Unaware or uninformed; naive.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/disingenuous?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : A disingenuous remark might contain some superficial truth, but it is delivered with the intent to deceive or to serve some hidden purpose. Its base word ingenuous (derived from a Latin adjective meaning “native” or “freeborn”) can describe someone who, like a child, is innocent or lacking guile or craftiness. English speakers began frequently joining the negative prefix dis- with ingenuous to create disingenuous during the 17th century.

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