What does Dishonest mean?

Definitions for Dishonest
dɪsˈɒn ɪstdis·hon·est

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dishonest, dishonorableadjective

    deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

  2. corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venaladjective

    capable of being corrupted

    "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

Wiktionary

  1. dishonestadjective

    Not honest.

  2. dishonestadjective

    Interfering with honesty.

  3. Etymology: deshoneste, from dehonestus. See dis-, honest

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dishonestadjective

    Etymology: dis and honest.

    To-morrow will we be married —— I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire, to desire to be a woman of the world. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    Justice then was neither blind to discern, nor lame to execute. It was not subject to be imposed upon by a deluded fancy, nor yet to be bribed by a glozing appetite, for an utile or jucundum to turn the balance to a false or dishonest sentence. Robert South, Sermons.

    He lays it down as a principle, that right or wrong, honest and dishonest, are defined only by laws and not by nature. John Locke.

    Dishonest with lopp’d arms the youth appears,
    Spoil’d of his nose, and shorten’d of his ears. Dryden.

    She saw her sons with purple death expire,
    Her sacred domes involv’d in rolling fire,
    A dreadful series of intestine wars,
    Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Alexander Pope, Winds. For.

ChatGPT

  1. dishonest

    Dishonest refers to the characteristic of being untruthful, deceptive, fraudulent, or insincere. It involves a lack of integrity or straightforwardness, often with an intent to deceive or cheat. A dishonest individual may present false information, withhold the truth, or act in a misleading way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dishonestadjective

    dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd

  2. Dishonestadjective

    dishonored; disgraced; disfigured

  3. Dishonestadjective

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

  4. Dishonestadjective

    characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust

  5. Dishonestverb

    to disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid

  6. Etymology: [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. dshonnte, OF. deshoneste.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dishonest

    diz-on′est, adj. not honest: wanting integrity: disposed to cheat: insincere: (Shak.) unchaste.—adv. Dishon′estly.—n. Dishon′esty. [O. Fr. deshonneste, des—L. dis, neg., honneste—L. honestus, honest.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dishonest in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dishonest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Dishonest in a Sentence

  1. Eugene Kaspersky:

    Our company has never conducted any secret campaign to trick competitors into generating false positives to damage their market standing, such actions are unethical, dishonest and their legality is at least questionable.

  2. Ryan Pack:

    Be humble, be modest, but try not to be dishonest.

  3. Michael Horn:

    Let’s be clear about this: our company was dishonest — with the EPA and the California Air Resources Board — and with all of you. And in my German words: We totally screwed up. We must fix those cars.

  4. Gordon Gray:

    Pretending this isn’t a problem, that this isn’t current law, is dishonest, and it is a choice – a number of policymakers are making this choice. And it is a major financial risk to the retirement benefits of tens of millions of Americans.

  5. Rachel Dolezal:

    She has not explained to us why she is doing what she is doing and being dishonest ... with her identity.

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