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dishonest.

Not honest; shoddy.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dɪˈsɒnɪst/UK/dɪˈsɑnɪst/US/dɪzˈɒnɛst/obsolete/dɪzˈɒnɪst/obsolete
  1. Not honest; shoddy.

  2. Interfering with honesty.

  3. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

    obsolete
  4. Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.

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