not disingenuous either

by Caroline

aaron: since you haven’t been up for 24 hours:
aaron: opinion poll: what percentage of psychiatric diagnoses does everyone believe are in error or ________.
aaron: what is the word i am looking for? it’s like a mix of redundant and extraneous but not quite either. unnecessary would work, but it’s not what i want. not spurious. but like spurious.
caroline: profligate?
aaron: that works, but it’s not what i’m looking for.
aaron: I KNOW THIS WORD AND IT IS BUGGING ME
caroline: licentious?
aaron: nope
aaron: not disingenuous either
caroline: indulgent?
aaron: it is a word that sounds somewhat like spurious, i’m sure of it.
aaron: not suspect
caroline: surreptitious?
aaron: YES

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