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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.
Synonyms: perfidious, deceitful, knavish, unscrupulous
Antonyms: honest
- proceeding from or exhibiting lack of honesty; fraudulent:
a dishonest advertisement.
Synonyms: false
Antonyms: honest
dishonest
/ dɪsˈɒnɪst /
adjective
- not honest or fair; deceiving or fraudulent
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Derived Forms
- disˈhonestly, adverb
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Other Words From
- dis·honest·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dishonest1
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Example Sentences
How can the police do that if the community views them as dishonest, or even dangerous?
Bureaucracies are inefficient and dishonest—maybe not intentionally . . . but because there are too many moving parts.
Trying to put the onus onto someone else for your own decisions is really cowardly and kind of dishonest.
The Bar determined his failure to inform his client was both dishonest and deceitful.
She never lied to him or was dishonest to him, and we were very careful to point that out in the movie, but Tom needed to grow up.
All the miserable stratagems they had been guilty of to win him; the dishonest plotting and planning.
The door should not be left open, as dishonest persons, passing along the entry, could enter without fear of being questioned.
The Ministers found that, on this occasion, neither their honest nor their dishonest supporters could be trusted.
Thus, to import insanity or incompetency to a professional man, or that a public official is dishonest and corrupt is actionable.
An honest man, with all his modesty, cannot prevent people saying of him what a dishonest man says of himself.
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