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dishonorable

[dis-on-er-uh-buhl]

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adjective

showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.

having no honor or good repute; unprincipled; disreputable: a dishonorable man.

Also, especially British, dis·hon·our·a·ble.

Origin:
1525–35; dis-¹ + honorable

Related forms

dis·hon·or·a·ble·ness, noun

dis·hon·or·a·bly, adverb

Synonyms
1. shameless, false. 2. infamous, unscrupulous, disgraceful, scandalous, ignominious.

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dishonourable or dishonorable (dɪsˈɒnərəb^əl, -ˈɒnrəb^əl, dɪsˈɒnərəb^əl, -ˈɒnrəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	characterized by or causing dishonour or discredit
2.	having little or no integrity; unprincipled

dishonorable or dishonorable

—*adj*

dis'honourableness or dishonorable

—n

dis'honorableness or dishonorable

—n

dis'honourably or dishonorable

—*adv*

dis'honorably or dishonorable

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

dishonorable

1530s, from dis- + honorable (see honor).

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disreputable general court-martial heel ignominy Munich shame

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"But the doctrine of the Farm is merely this, that every man ought to stand in primary relations to the work of the world, ought to do it himself, and not to suffer the accident of his having a purse in his pocket, or his having been bred to some dishonorable and injurious craft, to sever him from those duties."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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