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dis⋅hon⋅est

  [dis-on-ist]
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–adjective
1. not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
2. proceeding from or exhibiting lack of honesty; fraudulent: a dishonest advertisement.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME dishoneste < AF, OF deshoneste, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + honeste honest

Related forms:
dis⋅hon⋅est⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. unscrupulous, knavish, deceitful, perfidious. See corrupt. 2. false.

Antonyms:
1, 2. honest.
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dis·hon·est   (dĭs-ŏn'ĭst)   
adj.  
  1. Disposed to lie, cheat, defraud, or deceive.
  2. Resulting from or marked by a lack of honesty.

[Middle English dishoneste, dishonorable, from Old French deshoneste, probably from Medieval Latin *dishonestus : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin honestus, honorable; see honest.]
dis·hon'est·ly adv.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean lacking honesty or truthfulness. Dishonest is the least specific: a dishonest business executive.
Lying conveys a blunt accusation of untruth: a lying witness giving inconsistent testimony.
Untruthful is a softer term and suggests lack of veracity and divergence from fact: made an untruthful statement.
Deceitful implies misleading by falsehood or by concealment of the truth: deceitful advertising.
Mendacious is more formal than lying, and suggests a chronic inclination toward untruth: a mendacious and troublesome employee.
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Dishonest

Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. d['e]shonn[^e]te, OF. deshoneste.]

1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope.

Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. --Sir T. North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. --Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

To get dishonest gain. --Ezek. xxii. 27.

The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.

Dishonest

Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]

I will no longer dishonest my house. --Chapman.
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Language Translation for : dishonest
Spanish: deshonesto,
German: unehrlich,
Japanese: 不正直な
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dishonest 
c.1386, from O.Fr. deshoneste, perhaps from a M.L. compound of L. dis- "not" + honestus "honorable" (see honest). The L. form was dehonestus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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