dishonest
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɒnɪst/
The English word “dishonest” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Not honest; shoddy.
- Interfering with honesty.
- Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
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