Dishonest Definition

dĭs-ŏnĭst
adjective
Not honest; lying, cheating, etc.
Webster's New World
Disposed to lie, cheat, defraud, or deceive.
American Heritage
Resulting from or marked by a lack of honesty.
American Heritage

Not honest.

Wiktionary
Sir T. North.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
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Origin of Dishonest

  • Middle English dishoneste dishonorable from Old French deshoneste probably from Medieval Latin dishonestus Latin dis- dis- Latin honestus honorable honest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. See dis-, honest

    From Wiktionary

Dishonest Sentence Examples

  • You know how stubborn you are about not doing business with dishonest people.

  • A dishonest person tends to show it in the most subtle ways.

  • This is because those involved were dishonest.

  • A dishonest and corrupt judge, he was deprived of his office and imprisoned in 1552.

  • I know he would never do anything dishonest like changing a frame number.

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