Synonyms: artful, disingenuous
Definition: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Usage: an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time- David Cannadine; a disingenuous excuse
Similar words: distorted, perverted, misrepresented, twisted
Definition: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
Usage: many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality; a perverted translation of the poem