Word for Today - Sept. 30, 2009

disingenuous - dis-in-JEN-you-us - deceitful, lying, insincere, dishonest, underhanded

Example: "According to an American source, . today's response from an Iranian spokesman regarding the discovery of a second nuclear site was a disingenuous claim that the secret site was simply a back-up in case the first one came under enemy attack."