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Definitions for dishonest
dɪsˈɒn ɪstdis·hon·est
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Princeton's WordNet
dishonest, dishonorableadjective
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venaladjective
capable of being corrupted
"corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
Wiktionary
dishonestadjective
Not honest.
dishonestadjective
Interfering with honesty.
Etymology: deshoneste, from dehonestus. See dis-, honest
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Dishonestadjective
dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd
Dishonestadjective
dishonored; disgraced; disfigured
Dishonestadjective
wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man
Dishonestadjective
characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust
Dishonestverb
to disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid
Etymology: [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. dshonnte, OF. deshoneste.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dishonest in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dishonest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of dishonest in a Sentence
I think Brett Kavanaugh statement was dishonest and disingenuous, but the American people are watching and if Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath in the hearings, that's going to be problematic so I hope the American people and American women everywhere will hold this President accountable and will protest the extreme decisions by legislatures and governors being signed into law.
Anger cannot be dishonest.
I find it very dishonest of Brabrand to state that there is ‘no pedophilia’ and that the images are ‘not obscene’ when the images are objectively so, by any measure, and his counterpart in the next county agrees they are ‘inappropriate,’.
The IG report just came out and I was just briefed on The IG report and The IG report's a disgrace what's happened with respect to the things that were done to our country, the IG report should never again happen to another president. It is incredible, far worse than I would've ever thought possible and The IG report's an embarrassment to our country, The IG report's dishonest, The IG report's everything that a lot of people thought it would be, except far worse.
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest; better to lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune.
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- غير أمين, غشاش, مخادعArabic
- непочтен, нечестенBulgarian
- deshonestCatalan, Valencian
- unehrlichGerman
- deshonesto, embustero, mentirosoSpanish
- malhonnêteFrench
- disonestoItalian
- 不正直Japanese
- uærligNorwegian
- nieuczciwyPolish
- desonestoPortuguese
- necinstitRomanian
- бесчестный, нечестныйRussian
- неискрен, neiskrenSerbo-Croatian
- neiskrénSlovene
- oärligSwedish
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