uncandid

uncandid

(ʌnˈkændɪd)
adj
not frank or candid; guarded; reserved
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Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
It being therefore evident that the supposition of a want of power to require the aid of the POSSE COMITATUS is entirely destitute of color, it will follow, that the conclusion which has been drawn from it, in its application to the authority of the federal government over the militia, is as uncandid as it is illogical.
He did not address himself to an uncandid judge or a resentful heart.
It being therefore evident that the supposition of a want of power to require the aid of the posse comitatus is entirely destitute of color, it will follow, that the conclusion which has been drawn from it, in its application to the authority of the federal government over the militia, is as uncandid as it is illogical.
Townshend -- I think expressed himself in a very uncandid, illiberal manner in speaking of the neighboring clergymen, both young and old.
abstain from all false, or deceptious readings; and from all uncandid omissions of any qualifications" of the legal doctrines relied upon.
And she laughed until she cried over "Dickens's very uncandid but most irresistible account of the spirit-manifestations, in Household Words" (p.