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I see where you are coming from with that one. However, this acting doesn't often have that strong of a negative connotation as insincere seems to have. To me,

I see where you are coming from with that one. However, this acting doesn't often have that strong of a negative connotation as insincere seems to have. To me, it's a more light thing, a bit of playful acting, atleast for the scenario I mentioned in the previous comment. Going between languages is hard. :)

CiPHPerCoder 5y ago
Well, I'm not so sure that insincere has negative connotations in English anymore, given how ubiquitous this behavior is. But point taken.
cipheredStones 5y ago
"Disingenuous" in the sense of "pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf"?