"dubious honor" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dubious honors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dubious honor (plural dubious honors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"I have the dubious honor of being in charge of fundraising for roof repair on the town youth gymnasium.\" Meaning, it's an honor to be tasked yet something unwanted."
        },
        {
          "text": "\"The big league athlete had the dubious honor of being voted 'Most Difficult to Interview' by the sportswriters.\" An ironic honor, so to speak."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The supposed honor of being selected to do a difficult or unpopular task or the supposed honor associated with receiving a questionable award."
      ],
      "id": "en-dubious_honor-en-noun-tW0Q2mJ9",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American spelling) The supposed honor of being selected to do a difficult or unpopular task or the supposed honor associated with receiving a questionable award."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dubious honour"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "supposed honor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zweifelhafte Ehre"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dubious honor"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dubious honors",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dubious honor (plural dubious honors)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "American English forms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"I have the dubious honor of being in charge of fundraising for roof repair on the town youth gymnasium.\" Meaning, it's an honor to be tasked yet something unwanted."
        },
        {
          "text": "\"The big league athlete had the dubious honor of being voted 'Most Difficult to Interview' by the sportswriters.\" An ironic honor, so to speak."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The supposed honor of being selected to do a difficult or unpopular task or the supposed honor associated with receiving a questionable award."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American spelling) The supposed honor of being selected to do a difficult or unpopular task or the supposed honor associated with receiving a questionable award."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dubious honour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "supposed honor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zweifelhafte Ehre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dubious honor"
}