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dishonest

[dis-on-ist]

adjective

not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.

proceeding from or exhibiting lack of honesty; fraudulent: a dishonest advertisement.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English dishoneste < Anglo-French, Old French deshoneste, equivalent 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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Example Sentences

Her new crackdown on dishonest nutritional claims by food manufacturers is a welcome sign that she means business.

We can find similarly unproductive, foolish, and dishonest dichotomies and labels in any public controversy.

Those who thought they had knock-offs were more likely to say that people were dishonest and unethical.

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Her new crackdown on dishonest nutritional claims by food manufacturers is a welcome sign that she means business.

We can find similarly unproductive, foolish, and dishonest dichotomies and labels in any public controversy.

Those who thought they had knock-offs were more likely to say that people were dishonest and unethical.

Taxis are ubiquitous and cheap, but watch out for dishonest drivers.

Subjects exhibited surprise at their own dishonest behavior.

And if somebody dishonest did it, it was hard to catch them.

And it's simply dishonest to do so while escalating the war.

Business leaders were generally viewed as more competent than political leaders, but they were also seen as dishonest by many.

In fact, this practice makes universities appear to be both greedy and dishonest.

The notion that he was himself the main victim of dishonest tax inspectors and malign magistrates is fanciful.

It is dishonest for him to suggest or imply that he has worked with our data and come to a different conclusion.

It's an honest photo diminished by comments that are dishonest about the endangerment of polar bears.

Or what a dishonest computer-repair technician could do to your computer or network.

The man who puts his name to the designs for the building in this picture is a dishonest man.

But there's nothing particularly untrue or dishonest about this hilarious piece.

It's a trade school discipline with dishonest luxury branding.

However, it is dishonest to scare people into buying products.

Each side said the other was ruining the confirmation process and engaging in despicable and dishonest political behavior.

It would be fundamentally dishonest to interview someone you know has no chance of being successful.

Even if he understands his job description, being dishonest in pursuit of it is an undesirable characteristic.

Violating the bounds of a relationship and a social contract is blatantly dishonest.

Trouble ensues when one of the dishonest ex-con's prison buddies appears.

The student may not be plagiarizing, but she is being intellectually dishonest.

Some are dishonest and dumb and some are sloppy and dumb.

Adding the strawman of the internet fraudsters is both intellectually dishonest and an unethical technique.

In a nation with such breakneck economic growth and an overburdened judicial system the dishonest frequently win.

If public funds were used, in any way, to fund dishonest science… something must be done.

It was stupendously dishonest and unethical lending by rich people to poor people.

Only a truly confused little girl or a dishonest little girl, would construe that anyone has said there has been no past warming.

But maybe its his own biases he's expressing so he is dishonest himself but avoids being fraudulent.

While not dishonest in the same manner as plagiarism, it does promote criticism without responsibility.

Inflating away debt and currency devaluations are nothing but dishonest methods of default.

Distorting anyone's words via the use of ellipses is dishonest and betrays a shoddy application of editorial standards.

Students who are routinely dishonest at home are not routinely dishonest at school.

Not only are universities businesses, they are more dishonest than your average business.

Those who insist on giving the credit exclusively to the state stimuli are simply dishonest.

For shame sir–this article is not science–it is blatant conformation bias and intellectually dishonest.

You're suggesting that this person be dishonest on his résumé.

The biometrics industry has been dishonest from the start.

What a perfectly dishonest misuse of the concept of paradigm.

Since the arrest took place after you sent in the form, you were not dishonest in any way.

By peddling intellectually dishonest ideas they are misleading the public.

So presenting this as fact is inaccurate and dishonest.

Schwartz and his colleague writers are either intellectually disabled or, more likely, being intellectually dishonest.

Political candidates should be more greatly condemned for their dishonest practices.

Again, to blame solar power for these kinds of problems is unfair and dishonest.

Anyone who claims that they have never had these feelings--and been justified in them--is being dishonest.

Remarkably unhelpful as well as a remarkably dishonest framing of the situation.

The former regard the latter as dishonest and thin-skinned.

Again, right, besause they make the next generation of dishonest politicians.

It's easier to talk about cuts when you're dishonest about what retirement is.

However, the report is dishonest about the number of government buildings collapsed in the earthquake.

So, the question this journal is putting to us is wrong and dishonest but in line with the myth they want to sell.

Boycott dishonest and biased media is our freedom also.

In many ways, the entire financial crisis comes down to the dishonest pricing of risk.

The problem of dishonest politicians is intrinsic to all forms of franchised monopoly government.

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World English Dictionary

dishonest (dɪsˈɒnɪst)

—*adj*
	not honest or fair; deceiving or fraudulent

dis'honestly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

dishonest

late 14c., from O.Fr. deshonesté (13c., Mod.Fr. déshonnêteté), perhaps from a M.L. or Gallo-Rom. compound of L. dis- "not" + honestus "honorable" (see honest). The L. form was dehonestus.

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