1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope. — Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T. Warton. — Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. Macaulay.
DISINHABITED
Dis`in*hab"it*ed, a.
Defn: Uninhabited. [Obs.]
DISINHERISON
Dis`in*her"i*son, n. Etym: [See Disinherit, v. t., and cf.
Disherison.]
Defn: Same as Disherison. Bacon.
DISINHERIT
Dis`in*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disinheriting.] Etym: [Cf. Disherit, Disheir.]
1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South.
2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. Milton.
DISINHERITANCE
Dis`in*her"it*ance, n.