dishonest
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 of dishonest
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Opposites for dishonest
Other words from dishonest
- dis·hon·est·ly, adverb
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How to use dishonest in a sentence
You see, conductors are sometimes made more dishonest by the drivers, who demand so much a day from them.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life | James D. McCabeYes, pitiless, and you are all the more dishonest and brutal when you've got poor folk like us to do with.
Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe | Eugne BrieuxAt the same time there are a great many more dishonest men out of prison than Peter Lannithorne, though he is in it.
The Preliminaries | Cornelia A. P. ComerNo greenback demagogue of the lowest type ever advocated a proposition more dishonest or more contemptible.
Gouverneur Morris | Theodore RooseveltI do not think the much-abused expert is any more dishonest than other folk, though he has more temptation.
Spinifex and Sand | David W Carnegie
British Dictionary definitions for dishonest
/ (dɪsˈɒnɪst) /
not honest or fair; deceiving or fraudulent
Derived forms of dishonest
- dishonestly, adverb
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