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dishonest in British English
adjective
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dishonestly (disˈhonestly) adverb
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dishonest in American English
SYNONYMY NOTE: dishonest implies the act or practice of telling a lie, or of cheating, deceiving, stealing,
etc. [a dishonest official]; deceitful implies an intent to make someone believe what is not true, as by giving a false
appearance, using fraud, etc. [a deceitful advertisement]; lying1 suggests only the act of telling a falsehood [curb your lying tongue]; untruthful is used as a somewhat softened substitute for lying, esp. with reference to statements,
reports, etc. [an untruthful account]
OPPOSITE: honest
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dishonestly (disˈhonestly)
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dishonest in American English
(dɪsˈɑnɪst)
adjective
SYNONYMS 1. unscrupulous, knavish, deceitful, perfidious. See corrupt. 2. false.ANTONYMS 1, 2. honest.Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
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dishonestly adverb
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[1350–1400; ME dishoneste ‹ AF, OF deshoneste, equiv. to des- dis-1 + honeste honest]Examples of 'dishonest' in a sentence
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dishonest
British English: dishonest
/dɪsˈɒnɪst/ ADJECTIVE
If you say someone is dishonest, you mean that they are not honest and you cannot trust them.
It would be dishonest to mislead people.
- American English: dishonest /dɪˈsɒnɪst/
- Arabic: غَيْرُ أَمِيـن
- Brazilian Portuguese: desonesto
- Chinese: 不诚实的
- Croatian: neiskren
- Czech: nepoctivý
- Danish: uærlig
- Dutch: oneerlijk
- European Spanish: deshonesto
- Finnish: epärehellinen
- French: malhonnête
- German: unehrlich
- Greek: ανέντιμος
- Italian: disonesto
- Japanese: 不正直な
- Korean: 부정직한
- Norwegian: uærlig
- Polish: nieuczciwy
- European Portuguese: desonesto
- Romanian: necinstit
- Russian: бесчестный
- Latin American Spanish: deshonesto
- Swedish: oärlig
- Thai: ไม่ซื่อสัตย์, ไม่จริงใจ
- Turkish: dürüst olmayan
- Ukrainian: нечесний
- Vietnamese: không trung thực
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