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For months the two hacked away at each other in bitter and disingenuous television ads in a state where such campaigns can cost $3m a week.

In an interview, he said it would have been disingenuous to attribute her exit to other reasons.

It is disingenuous of him to flatter me.

Second, we do not see the introduction of such a charge as a punitive measure. Nor is it a disingenuous device conjured up by us.

Nevertheless, it would be disingenuous to suggest that foraging is always straight-forward and easy.

Lomborg is being disingenuous when he protests that our authors did not even mention half his book.

Of course, the messaging was a bit disingenuous: QNX is now building RIM's operating system.

It would be disingenuous for Washington not to embrace the principles behind this bill after all the promises for transparency.

Sen. Obama was at best disingenuous in his convention speech when he criticized the McCain plan for taxing health benefits.

It would be disingenuous to deny that land reform will loosen party control in the long run.

They are often disingenuous. China is no philanthropist, but its rise may still represent Africa's best hope of escaping poverty.

These days, people prefer their fascism to be cloaked in disingenuous and deceptive language that disguises its true nature.

By spending their surplus on dirty fuels and then sticking their hand out to request money for clean energy is disingenuous at best.

Reaching out to people immediately after news breaks of layoffs at your company can seem disingenuous.

In an interview, former Parliamentary President Nino Burjanadze termed the Russian pullout claim disingenuous .

University officials are hiding behind the disingenuous claim that they're protecting applicants' privacy.

If one does not understand the difference, then that person is disingenuous, irrational and illogical.

Sometimes they'd even keep the date because their egos couldn't handle the fact that I had busted them on their disingenuous behavior.

So calling for Chinese firms to invest their savings is a bit disingenuous.

It is disingenuous to suggest that adaptation depends on handing out lots of money.

Savvy travelers realize that hotels save on laundry bills if guests reuse their towels, so environmental appeals could appear disingenuous .

But the apparent social networking focus is a bit disingenuous.

When McGhee, not one for disingenuous statements, claims that his side could not play any better, people should sit up and take notice.

But the administration cannot be disingenuous or obtuse.

Hence the disingenuous compromise of "truth within a relevant discipline" .

It is equally disingenuous to portray the treaty as a purely administrative exercise to cope with enlargement.

I think because his career progressed, I think he has maybe become a little bit more disingenuous about where his reference comes from.

Facebook's explanation of this glitch was somewhat disingenuous.

bankers and policymakers should spare us the rhetoric and disingenuous arguments, and finally get serious.

There are often excuses and justifications given for this type of behavior, but most of them are disingenuous .

This is at best disingenuous and does not justify a failure to inform and consult people.

Some of it is alarmist or disingenuous.

Mr Elliot is evidently a disingenuous , artificial, worldly man, who has never had any better principle to guide him than selfishness.

'I think the Chinese are a little disingenuous to say, 'Now isn't it so bad that we hold all these dollars.

But the relationship between Islamabad and Washington has long been ugly and disingenuous.

Your correspondent thinks both sides are being disingenuous.

Questions like these are disingenuous in a world in which terrorists proclaim themselves and perform for television.

Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's foreign minister, retorts that "expressing concern about a process that doesn't exist is disingenuous" .

It will be dangerous for Republicans to oppose the populist proposal, but Mr Obama's outrage is disingenuous.

Although he was young, his remarks indicated that he was disingenuous.

More than that, I need to understand the framework: I am not a bad or particularly disingenuous person.

Both sides are being disingenuous.

The world of the Internet is certainly a disingenuous place.

Actually, this is a slightly disingenuous question.

The goal isn't to put words into your former colleague's mouth or to co-opt her into vouching for you in an untrue or disingenuous manner;

But that is disingenuous.

More than that he seems disingenuous ; in fact, his smile looks phony too.