Unhonest

//ʌnˈɒnɪst// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dishonest, deceptive, misleading. rare

    "These irregularities may be caused by environment, management, and unhonest or erroneous actions of any kind."

  2. 2
    Dishonourable; unseemly, not respectable. obsolete

    "Theſame Alexander, be auiſed and coũſailed, that he ſhould winne and make frendes vnto him, all ſuche perſones both honeſt and vnhoneſt, good and badde, as beare any rule, ſtroke or autoritte, in the commen weale, and that the good men he ſhould vſe, and the euil perſones he ſhould abuſe, that is to ſaie, applie to ſome good vſe, that of theimſelfes they are not apte nor inclined vnto."

  3. 3
    Immoral, morally reprehensible. obsolete

Example

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"These irregularities may be caused by environment, management, and unhonest or erroneous actions of any kind."

Etymology

From Middle English unhonest, unhoneste (“dishonourable”), equivalent to un- + honest.

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