Dishonesty

//dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic or condition of being dishonest. uncountable, usually

    "He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted."

  2. 2
    lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing wordnet
  3. 3
    An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest. countable, usually
  4. 4
    the quality of being dishonest wordnet
  5. 5
    Shamefulness, disgrace. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him."

Synonyms

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ambidexterityartificebad faithballot-box stuffingbuncocardsharping

Example

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"I can't answer for his dishonesty."

Etymology

From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y.

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