Literary authors use "disingenuous" to denote a form of insincerity or feigned candor that masks hidden motives, whether in personal interactions or in broader political and social commentary. In some works, it criticizes belated or misleading explanations that fail to address the underlying truth, as when an account of an interview is depicted as overtly contrived [1]. At other times, the term characterizes a subtle, sometimes mocking, demeanor in interpersonal exchanges—a glance or a tone that betrays a lack of genuine feeling, as seen when a character’s eyes are described as disingenuous [2, 3]. Moreover, it is employed to indict actions or statements that are deliberately deceptive, whether in political discourse [4, 5] or in the portrayal of hypocritical social attitudes [6, 7].