DISHONEST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of dishonest in English
a dishonest way of making money dishonest in/about He's been dishonest in his dealings with us/about his past.
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(Definition of dishonest from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of dishonest
dishonest
The vendors were dishonest like any roadside operators standing outside any shrine anywhere.
They like it when someone blows the whistle on dishonest competitors.
She points out how viewer comments' reflect how she was presented as the conniving and dishonest figure in the work.
He's like any other politician, only more dishonest , insincere and unscrupulous, and less principled, informed and civil.
He does not want to be a dishonest person.
Anyone who claims to know with certainty that divestment won't have any future impact is being dishonest , intentionally or unintentionally.
If you don't know the value of your home, some dishonest cash home buyers might offer less than the standard cash rate.
Kids can learn to manipulate situations for their benefit, which can foster similarly manipulative or dishonest qualities in them as adults.
Hey, if you want to be intellectually dishonest with yourself, that's your right, but it doesn't make you right.
This doesn't make them bad films, or even dishonest ones.
How many people condemn a person as dishonest one day and embrace them the next?
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Translations of dishonest
in Chinese (Traditional)
不誠實的，不老實的，不正直的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
不诚实的，不老实的，不正直的…
in Spanish
deshonesto, fraudulento, deshonesto/esta [masculine-feminine]…
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desonesto, desleal, desonesto/-ta [masculine-feminine]…
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sahtekâr, yalancı, düzenbaz…
malhonnête, qui fait preuve de mauvaise foi…
நேர்மையற்ற / நேர்மையில்லாத…
uærlig, løgnaktig, uhederlig…
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