"dishonest" meaning in English

See dishonest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ [UK], /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ [US], /dɪzˈɒnɛst/ [obsolete], /dɪzˈɒnɪst/ [obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dishonest.wav , en-us-dishonest.ogg Forms: more dishonest [comparative], most dishonest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dishoneste|id=base|t=dishonourable}} Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), {{der|en|fro|deshoneste}} Old French deshoneste, {{der|en|la|dehonestus}} Latin dehonestus, {{af|en|dis-|honest}} dis- + honest, {{ncog|ang|unsōþfæst}} Old English unsōþfæst Head templates: {{en-adj}} dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest)
  1. Not honest; shoddy. Translations (not honest): مُخَادِع (muḵādiʕ) (Arabic), غَشَاش (ḡašāš) (Arabic), مخادع (muḵādeʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), غشاش (ḡašāš) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), անազնիվ (anazniv) (Armenian), несумле́нны (njesumljénny) (Belarusian), нячэ́сны (njačésny) (Belarusian), нече́стен (nečésten) (Bulgarian), непочтен (nepočten) (Bulgarian), deshonest (Catalan), 不誠實 (Chinese Mandarin), 不诚实 (bù chéngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), nečestný (Czech), nepoctivý (Czech), uærlig (Danish), oneerlijk (Dutch), onoprecht (Dutch), epärehellinen (Finnish), malhonnête (French), unehrlich (German), 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts) (Gothic), άτιμος (átimos) (Greek), ανέντιμος (anéntimos) (Greek), बेईमान (beīmān) (Hindi), becstelen (Hungarian), uneherlich (Hunsrik), ainionraic (Irish), mí-ionraic (Irish), mímhacánta (Irish), disonesto (Italian), 不正直 (fushōjiki) (alt: ふしょうじき) (Japanese), 부정직하다 (bujeongjikhada) (Korean), fraudulentus (Latin), perfidus (Latin), raureka (Maori), tāhae (Maori), unhoneste (Middle English), uærlig (Norwegian Bokmål), uærleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), unsōþfæst (Old English), nieuczciwy [masculine] (Polish), desonesto [masculine] (Portuguese), necinstit (Romanian), нече́стный (nečéstnyj) (Russian), бесче́стный (besčéstnyj) (Russian), कौट (kauṭa) (Sanskrit), нѐискрен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nèiskren [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), neiskrén [masculine] (Slovene), embustero (Spanish), mentiroso (Spanish), deshonesto (Spanish), oärlig (Swedish), нече́сний (nečésnyj) (Ukrainian), несумлі́нний (nesumlínnyj) (Ukrainian), anonest (Welsh)
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  2. Interfering with honesty.
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  3. (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. Tags: obsolete
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  4. (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dishonestness Related terms: dishonesty, dishonestly
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      "sense": "not honest",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "нѐискрен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "nèiskren"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neiskrén"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "embustero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "mentiroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "deshonesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "oärlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nečésnyj",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "нече́сний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nesumlínnyj",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "несумлі́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "not honest",
      "word": "anonest"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dishonest"
}

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